The 99% Solution

Bending iron wills in the shade of mass graves
tends to be disquieting for those who crave
stillness from the middling eyes of beaten slaves.

"Death is always victorious in battle
even when life holds on to us and rattles
us as we graze our lives away like cattle."

Speaking with conviction, this king of all beasts
drops to one knee wondering thusly the least
of which is how his flock will eat these raw feasts.