ONCE THERE WAS A RICH AND POWERFUL COUNTRY

Dan Meylor
3 min readMay 13, 2016

THIS COUNTRY HAD THE MOST BEAUTIFUL MEN AND WOMEN.

THIS COUNTRY HAD THE BIGGEST CARS.

THIS COUNTRY HAD THE BIGGEST HOUSES.

EVERYONE WAS SINGING “WE’RE IN THE MONEY.”

BUT THERE WAS TROUBLE IN LAND.

THE PEOPLE WERE NOT HAPPY.

A GREAT LEADER HEARD THE PEOPLE’S PLEAS.

HIS NAME WAS MOPHEAD.

AND MOPHEAD CAME DOWN FROM HIS HUGE TOWER.

HE SPOKE TO THE PEOPLE.

WE WILL BUILD A GREAT WALL TO KEEP THE CRIMINALS AND RAPISTS OUT.

WE WILL BAN ALL MOOKOOS FROM ENTERING OUR GREAT COUNTRY.

WE WILL ALLOW ALL GENDERS TO USE THE SAME BATHROOM.

WE WILL BRING BACK JOBS TO OUR COUNTRY.

AND THE PEOPLE LOVED MOPHEAD.

MOPHEAD THE MARVELOUS, MOPHEAD THE MYSTICAL, MOPHEAD THE MAGNIFICENT.

AND THE PEOPLE VOTED

AND MOPHEAD, THE HUGE, WON.

AT NIGHTFALL, WEEPING ENTERS IN, BUT WITH THE DAWN, MOPHEAD.

THE END

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Very clever. Love the artwork.

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