A Virus And A King
Once upon a time, in an eastern land Reigned a king so strong and wise That none could defy his iron hand No voice against his own could rise He spoke with such eloquent power He made his subjects gape in awe He forced all those to hide and cower Who saw in him any fault or flaw Across the seas with a vengeance swept A scourge returned, with deadlier intent Feared not the king, on his high horse he leapt And for conquests more, eastwards he went There with skill and gallantry he fought In the thick of battle, with sabre bared; For pain or death, he cared not aught; No little village, no town he spared Meanwhile, the invader from a foreign shore In stealth had jumped the kingdom's wall The king mocked it; he'd seen it before; The vanquished foe, from last year's fall But the unseen force had menaced the fort Its armies crossed the moat in swarms Of a sudden the king had found himself short Of wits and nerves and shields and arms The mighty "