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Ultimatum Tree
John Ellis
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Pulled across
The high river
On a swollen summer day
Great white Queen waiting for them on the other side
She spoke in their favour
Sitting crosslegged at her feet
In the shade of the Ultimatum tree
Sugar water
In the noon day heat
Ox on the fire
Curtesy of the empire
Cloaks around their shoulders
Sticks in hand to leave
Queen said "One more thing before you go"
I have decided to rescue your people from their King
I heard them cry for help from across the sea
And I'm here
To tell you
That it's time to change your ways
I'm here to tell you I am now your Queen
So dismantle
Your army
Let your shoulders marry young
And only go to war, if I say so
They asked her when
Have our people
Ever complained
We do things as they have always been done
She said you have until
The moon comes up again
Over this Ultimatum tree
Two weeks they walked through the rain
Back to the King
The demands of the Queen in their ears
But the King already knew
From the whispering hills
He knew a great enemy had come
The great white Queen
Swam across
His river in the night
Long before the news came around
As she marched
Through the summer grass
Dressed red and white for war
Bearing a cloak carved from the Ultimatum tree
All Asleep
Under a mountain
In the January sun
The King beat her back with the horns of a bull
In time she dragged
The King from his forest
Crumbled up his Kingdom in her hands
And she led him to a wooden ship
Bound for captivity
A ship made from the Ultimatum tree
In time the King was allowed return home to die
He sailed back the way he had come
The great white Queen
Home an dry
Warmed her feet at the fire
Flames rising from the Ultimatum tree