When reverence is forced, dissent will grow, as many a ruler has come to find when those they rule do not all follow. Each time the knee is forcibly bent, a steeliness grows deep in the eye- you can see it if you look, they tell me now.
In some it will be seen early enough and that toadstool will be felled. But, when shaken, the spores spread with the news on the wind and those that follow will hide it better.
And you will reap what you sow, as I found out when the metaphorical dagger entered my back.
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When reverence is forced, dissent will grow, as many a ruler has come to find when those they rule do not all follow. Each time the knee is forcibly bent, a steeliness grows deep in the eye- you can see it if you look, they tell me now.
In some it will be seen early enough and that toadstool will be felled. But when shaken the spores spread with the news on the wind and those that follow will hide it better.
And the poison of forced reverence will sooner or later enter the ruler’s mouth.
As it did mine.
In some it will be seen early enough and that toadstool will be felled. But, when shaken, the spores spread with the news on the wind and those that follow will hide it better.
And you will reap what you sow, as I found out when the metaphorical dagger entered my back.
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When reverence is forced, dissent will grow, as many a ruler has come to find when those they rule do not all follow. Each time the knee is forcibly bent, a steeliness grows deep in the eye- you can see it if you look, they tell me now.
In some it will be seen early enough and that toadstool will be felled. But when shaken the spores spread with the news on the wind and those that follow will hide it better.
And the poison of forced reverence will sooner or later enter the ruler’s mouth.
As it did mine.
Written for 100 Word Challenge #423 on Velvet Verbosity; the prompt was the word Reverence.
I liked the way you drafted this. And I liked the second version better
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Ruby