William Quiller Orchardson, Scottish
“This Is Truly a Well-Crafted Blade, Good Sir — Worthy of the Most Courageous of Warriors. But I’m Actually Just Looking For a Pizza Cutter,” Before 1897
Oil on canvas
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/// The realm’s headsman is Testing the Blade,
to determine how well it’s been made.
The Smith, knowing his place,
kneels averting his face.
He’s afraid. “I’ll be paid… or filleted.”
/// A great swordsman can demonstrate might
disemboweling one foe in a fight.
But a man with a pen
can declare war, and then
billions die; H-bombs set Earth alight.