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Balance
Balance
If uneasy lies the head that wears the crown,
tranquil sleeps the ploughman in his bed,
serene the thoughts of parlourmaid in town,
in dreams the child wanders without dread.
Power presents accounting of the cost,
riches demand expenditure on guards,
authority requires assessment of what’s lost,
paranoia rules the lives by silver starred.
Price is set by how much is desired,
payment mirrors the need for what is sought,
service signs the contract when it’s hired,
the market owns the rules of sold and bought.
Line count: 12
Rhymed abab
For Promptly Poetry Challenge, Week 42
Prompt: Tranquil.
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