#fealty — Public Fediverse posts

Some of the lost asked only to be remembered. Others establish kingdoms, and I kneel long after the sovereign has vanished, carrying tribute to an abandoned throne, the old oath continuing to govern when the world that bowed before it is gone. There must be some moment when keeping faith with the lost means releasing the living from its rule.

#MastoPrompt
#fealty
#writing
#smallstories
#creativewriting
@stevencudahy

Some of the lost asked only to be remembered. Others establish kingdoms, and I kneel long after the sovereign has vanished, carrying tribute to an abandoned throne, the old oath continuing to govern when the world that bowed before it is gone. There must be some moment when keeping faith with the lost means releasing the living from its rule.

#MastoPrompt
#fealty
#writing
#smallstories
#creativewriting
@stevencudahy

Some of the lost asked only to be remembered. Others establish kingdoms, and I kneel long after the sovereign has vanished, carrying tribute to an abandoned throne, the old oath continuing to govern when the world that bowed before it is gone. There must be some moment when keeping faith with the lost means releasing the living from its rule.

#MastoPrompt
#fealty
#writing
#smallstories
#creativewriting
@stevencudahy

Some of the lost asked only to be remembered. Others establish kingdoms, and I kneel long after the sovereign has vanished, carrying tribute to an abandoned throne, the old oath continuing to govern when the world that bowed before it is gone. There must be some moment when keeping faith with the lost means releasing the living from its rule.

#MastoPrompt
#fealty
#writing
#smallstories
#creativewriting
@stevencudahy

Some of the lost asked only to be remembered. Others establish kingdoms, and I kneel long after the sovereign has vanished, carrying tribute to an abandoned throne, the old oath continuing to govern when the world that bowed before it is gone. There must be some moment when keeping faith with the lost means releasing the living from its rule.

#MastoPrompt
#fealty
#writing
#smallstories
#creativewriting
@stevencudahy

••⋅☾ #和歌 / #短歌 ☽⋅••

Fealty is noble
To divine choosen ones☽⋅••
What fabricated claims

Cloth woven of gossamer lies
The king has no clothes

••⋅☾ #Tanka ☽⋅••

#Poetry #詩 #NMPoetry #MastoPrompt #Fealty #InkMine #Fabricated

••⋅☾ #和歌 / #短歌 ☽⋅••

Fealty is noble
To divine choosen ones☽⋅••
What fabricated claims

Cloth woven of gossamer lies
The king has no clothes

••⋅☾ #Tanka ☽⋅••

#Poetry #詩 #NMPoetry #MastoPrompt #Fealty #InkMine #Fabricated

••⋅☾ #和歌 / #短歌 ☽⋅••

Fealty is noble
To divine choosen ones☽⋅••
What fabricated claims

Cloth woven of gossamer lies
The king has no clothes

••⋅☾ #Tanka ☽⋅••

#Poetry #詩 #NMPoetry #MastoPrompt #Fealty #InkMine #Fabricated

••⋅☾ #片歌 ☽⋅••

Wings of fantasy
Romance that never was☽⋅••
Fealty to tainted kings

••⋅☾ #Katauta ☽⋅••

#Poetry #詩 #NMPoetry #DailyHaikuPrompt #Wings #MastoPrompt #fealty #Fantasy

••⋅☾ #片歌 ☽⋅••

Wings of fantasy
Romance that never was☽⋅••
Fealty to tainted kings

••⋅☾ #Katauta ☽⋅••

#Poetry #詩 #NMPoetry #DailyHaikuPrompt #Wings #MastoPrompt #fealty #Fantasy

••⋅☾ #片歌 ☽⋅••

Wings of fantasy
Romance that never was☽⋅••
Fealty to tainted kings

••⋅☾ #Katauta ☽⋅••

#Poetry #詩 #NMPoetry #DailyHaikuPrompt #Wings #MastoPrompt #fealty #Fantasy

"Do I have to?"

"Young 'uns these days." The elderly knight glared at his new squire. "Did you not swear an oath of #fealty?"

"Yes, but..." The boy unenthusiastically knelt with the blade. "I didn't think you meant trimming toenails."

#MastoPrompt #MicroFiction

"Do I have to?"

"Young 'uns these days." The elderly knight glared at his new squire. "Did you not swear an oath of #fealty?"

"Yes, but..." The boy unenthusiastically knelt with the blade. "I didn't think you meant trimming toenails."

#MastoPrompt #MicroFiction

"Do I have to?"

"Young 'uns these days." The elderly knight glared at his new squire. "Did you not swear an oath of #fealty?"

"Yes, but..." The boy unenthusiastically knelt with the blade. "I didn't think you meant trimming toenails."

#MastoPrompt #MicroFiction

"Do I have to?"

"Young 'uns these days." The elderly knight glared at his new squire. "Did you not swear an oath of #fealty?"

"Yes, but..." The boy unenthusiastically knelt with the blade. "I didn't think you meant trimming toenails."

#MastoPrompt #MicroFiction

@Npars01 @rbreich

...and the #GreatDepression.

Listening to #MatthewCooke's American Origin Stories finally convinced me that all #US institutions were set up chiefly to protect the "landed gentry." #Billionaires are the new #aristocracy, and they are not benign. In a #feudal society, #fealty was rewarded by the feudal lord. Today, everyone is just a disposable "input factor."
We live in a virtually global #plutocracy.
This must be remedied.
Back to 70-90% income-tax...