The Catholic Dream Ashen
For Mike Singleton's Gunpowder: A Mikeydred November Dollar Prompt For All Vocal Creators
As the autumnal change readied the world for winter's cleansing
Gunpowder
On the breeze, the strong scent of readied gunpowder and treason
Plot
Fills the lungs of one man who looked and wanted to change it all
Treason
Bring judgment and punishment on the powers-that-be, a lesson
Guy Fawkes
To all who would stand as rulers of this fair land, a cleansing
Hung
King James I, of protestant fame, would suffer, down the heathen
Drawn
But alas, Guy Fawkes and his conspirators, by letter, did fall
Quartered
The Catholic dream did ashen as Rome's grip continued to lessen
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Author's Notes: This is for Mike Singleton's awesome Gunpowder: A Mikeydred November Dollar Prompt For All Vocal Creators, which you can find out more about below. There is still time to enter it. I decided to take a lot of inspiration from the historical account of Guy Fawkes and the failed Gunpowder Plot, which is a bit different for me as I don't usually dive into history.
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