Edmund Blair Leighton, British
“Here’s What’s Going to Happen, Nathaniel. You’re Going To Smuggle 10 Kilos of Our Cocaine Onto the Mayflower Tomorrow, and Then Somehow Convince the Captain To Make a Pit Stop in Miami. We Clear?,” Date Unknown
Oil on canvas
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/// The Prisoner, bound, cannot swivel.
He’s a Roundhead who speaks only drivel.
But these Cavaliers said
they would keep the man fed.
They’re all English; this War shall be civil.
/// This is how a rebellion ignites.
English Puritans got into fights
with the monarchists who
fought to push back a coup
about whether Kings have Divine Rights.
/// One side feared that the King would impose
a religion that they never chose
and, unchecked, he would do
anything he wants to.
But that can’t happen here… I suppose.