Crime Against the
Kingdom
Baal Hasulam
A man did a terrible crime
against the kingdom
and was sentenced to twenty years imprisonment
with hard labor.
The prison was outside the country
in some desolate place in the world.
The sentence was executed right away
and he was sent to the desolate place
at the end of the world.
Once there, he’d found other people
who were sentenced by the kingdom
to be there as he was,
but he became sick with amnesia
and forgot that he had a wife and children,
friends and acquaintances.
He thought that the whole world
is nothing more than meets the eye
in the desolate place
with the people who are there;
And that he was born there
and did not know of more than that.
Thus, his truth is according to his present feeling
and he has no regard for the actual reality,
only according to his knowledge and sensations.
There he was taught
rules and regulations so that he
would not break the rules once more,
keep himself from the felonies
written there,
And know how to correct his actions
so as to be brought out of there.
In the books of the king,
he learned that one who breaks this rule, for
example,
is sent to a desolate land
far from any settlement.
He is impressed by the harsh punishment,
and has grievances at why such harsh punishments are
given.
Yet, he would never think
that he himself is one who broke
the rules of the state,
that he has been sentenced harshly
and the verdict has been executed.
In addition, since he became sick with amnesia,
he will never feel his actual state.
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