There was a man who called everything fake,
Except the notion that he was seeking peace;
He was selling that to win a big prize
To be adorned at his big, white castle
On which he built a ‘uge hall for a king
To size down all the leaders of the world.
He made no secret he envied the world
And that his confidence was really fake.
First, he lived in a land that had no king
And the last leader already won peace
And respect from within the same castle—
Really a house entrusted, not a prize.
Still, the faux king wanted his phony prize
So he could show it off to the whole world
While owning the fools from his white castle
And calling all his opposition fake.
He yells and screams—calls names—while claiming peace.
After all, he thinks it’s good to be the king.
And here’s the thing about this gaudy king,
He couldn’t let go of wanting that prize.
Assaulting his allies—his form of peace—
And imposing terror on the whole world,
Which he also decided to call fake
While playing king in a big, white castle.
“No one else should live in my white castle,”
Said the large, dodgy-topped, make-believe king.
So he deemed all other elections fake
And said that only he could win the prize
That had been stolen from him by the world.
Only war would help him restore the peace.
But he figured nobody wanted peace.
They protested—he watched from his castle—
Their insolence seen all around the world.
He ordered them killed, to prove he was king,
By ice harvesters given a huge prize
To show the world he really wasn’t fake.
Right there in the world of the mimic king,
Where they’re selling peace and death is the prize—
Outside the castle—hope resists the fake.
© 2026 Tristan Robert Lange. All rights reserved.
First published on tristanrobertlange.com, January ??, 2026.
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