"Certificate of Prideful Honor"

I've a mind to sit atop this city
and tell its inhabitants how proud they are;
I'll summon my queen and her very witty friends --
making conversation against directionless

I shall stop speaking bitterly now
I need to count my coins for tomorrow's dinner
I desire a waltz a servant so pretty --
I want to stop choosing a winner
All these contests
All these competitions

These contemplations are scattered-- just relics
of Muses who long since deserted me
I've a mind to sit atop this city
and tell its inhabitants how proud they are...