Epic Tragedy

Greatness comes at cost.

Majesty has a price.

Grandiose demands dues.

Momentous rests with impost.

 

Mistaken is the nature of epic,

For it requires tragedy.

Just as power obliges

Responsibility.

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[TLK]

This seems to be about Foucault's concept of the 'web of power'. Even those at the top of the food-chain have obligations to those beneath them... or they will be devoured by the masses.