ALL EYES AND EARS

In that empire, in the art of cartography
That is, the art masniarchy
Had reached such levels of perfection
That the map of one city alone
Took up the whole of the village
The map of the province took up the whole of a city
And the map, depicted the whole of the empire
Taking up the whole of one whole province
Such as it was
These cartographers rose to much venerated hights within their world
Becoming one of the highest ruliing castles known to their society

In time, it was found that those unconscionable maps
Did not fully satisfy the far-reaching desires of the map makers
And so, the Colleges of that art
Set about increasing the size and scale of a map of the Empire
Which had the exact same size of the Empire itself
And coincided with it, precice in every tiny detail
Point by point, to a fine and accurate degree
Winded true in all three dimensions

Less addicted to the Study of Cartography
Succeeding generations understood
That this so called: "widespread map" was useless
And not without a touch Impiety
They abandoned it to the natural inclemencies of the sun and the rain
And the worst of summers and winters alike

It is believed that in the deserts of the West
Some mangled Ruins of the Map lasted on
Inhabited by animals and beggars
But in the whole country, there are no other relics remaining
Of the Cartography's Disciplines of Geography