And it came to pass
\nthat the Emperor of the land of cAnAdA
\ndid so decree that there should be built
\nat the top of the Golden Mountain
\nan wondrous huge sack of leather
\nthat should contain the warm winds of His Voice
\nand be covered with the Likeness of His Eye
\nand it would grow larger as it rose into the vacuum of space
\nand it would cover the whole of His vast Empire
\nso that He could see all of His subjects and in awe they would obey Him
\nand this sac should be made of the hides of many buffalos
\njoined by the seamstresses of His vast Empire
\nand they did gather an thousand mighty hunters
\nwho did set out and kill ten thousand bison
\nand the bison were skinned and sewn together
\nby the ten thousand seamstresses
\nand around the base of this huge sac
\ndid the Emperor decree the sac should be painted
\nby the greatest artisan
\nin the likeness of His Eye
\nand so did the greatest of all the artisans come to the holy palace
\nand he did study the Emperor’s Eye for many weeks
\nuntil he did know each green Striation and golden Fleck therein
\nand then did he lay out his paints
\nand lo did he truly paint the exact likeness of the Emperor’s Eye
\nupon the base of the mighty sac
\nand at last came the day when the Emperor
\nwould truly inflate the mighty sac with His majestic Breath
\nand lo the people of the kingdom came to the foot of the Golden Mountain
\nto watch their wondrous Emperor as He would inflate the giant sac
\nwith His mighty Breath
\nand He was blessed by the Wizards and Priestesses of His Sacred Temple
\nand He did raise His Arms and call for silence to fall upon the land
\nand in the silence did He Inhale the air of the land so that there was no breath
\nleft and all the people did fall unconscious
\nand then the Emperor did blow His Breath into the giant sac
\nand it did fill at once and it did rise above the land of cAnAdA
\nwafting out the gentle Breath that did flow down and bathe the people
\nand the people rose in wonder from their unconscious state
\nand did see above them the great Eye of the Emperor
\nlooking down as predicted, but wondrous strange
\nbecause it did not grow larger as it rose
\nbut indeed it grew smaller
\nuntil it was but a little speck
\nremembered in this song:<\/p>\n
The emperor floated a trial balloon
\na beautiful green: glorious\u2014my!
\ndesigned to loft the azure sky
\nhe planned it would swell
\nin the air that high
\nand cover the land as his giant eye
\nthat would see his subjects
\nand rule or know why
\nhis Royal Decrees went so awry
\nBut as it rose, this silly green ball
\nit shrivelled and shrank\u2014o me! o my!
\nand fizzled away like a small housefly
\nso, emp, good bye!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"And it came to pass that the Emperor of the land of cAnAdA did so decree that there should be built at the top of the Golden Mountain an wondrous huge sack of leather that should contain the warm winds … Continue reading