NaPoWriMo day twentyfour

the whole world began to ask a question.
the quarreler came to the throne,
a pretender who did not convince anyone.
he dodged his fate then gave up the struggle.
survival was, in reality, a penal code.
 
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The master perished,
some malignant fate
pursuing. Born
healthy and handsome,
he was a poet
and surrounded himself
by minstrels and students.
Against fate, the path
seemed to have been cleared.
Who had the right to persist?
Refusal had been invoked
on several occasions,
its value declared.
 
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the world pronounced the fate:
he was beckoned.
it was believed many substituted
a pretender. who did not?
surrounded by wonder,
he watched with interest
the struggle against fate.
there was a document
of doubtful application;
laws. Edward was prepared.