[Mike Wrecka]

8-1-13 Week 2 WCL

The Pillage of a Village on the Silk Road


reverse the sands of time and observe the fertile crescent,
as the Khazars are diligently searching for a purple essence,
during this era it was referred to as the serpents necklace,
because it was found inside the throat of a certain menace,
see when the venom of a cobra is given to a working chemist,
it could be manufactured into a pigment, considered by merchants precious,
the winds of trade blew across the silk road, hurting peasants,
because once snakes were found in a village, people were seen as worthless tenants,
so these communities viewed themselves as being cursed by their presence,
and they turned to drastic methods to be rid of this slithering tempest,
raising and releasing mongooses in numbers that approached tremendous,
was a plan expertly executed, but the results were still horrendous,
that scheme nearly brought the whole village pitifully to its knees,
when it was found these animals carried an easily transmittable disease,
try as they might none of it worked, these commoners kept getting hurt,
people dying for the dye found in the most ornate shirts,
while the Khazar King smirked, getting richer by the day,
exporting brightly colored fabrics, to lands far away,
but the wealth wasn't spread, conditions for the misplaced grew more vile,
until finally, the color purple was considered out of style,
a mercantile, shift allowed the land seized to be freed,
as the focus shifted to the other side of Khazar, the Persian Gulf seas,
see it was found when an octopus is carefully dissected,
the blue ink found inside could then be collected,
periwinkle scarves, navy pants all colored so bright you could be blinded,
but no one ever asked if the little village that sat on the coast minded,
and so the circle of commerce continues, there is nothing these people could do for a while,
except wait until next season, when blue is out of style
a color wheel of terror, that only the poorest will know,
all this suffering, just so the wealthy could have special clothes,
but the Khazars aren't special, this practice was here to stay,
look down at your sneakers, this still takes place today