Filthy!

Inspired by the fifth labor of Hercules.

There was a stable full of cattle
To a king they belonged.
Cleaning it would be a battle.
When finished he was wronged.

A deal was struck for one tenth the livestock,
If he cleaned it in one day.
The king said the deal was a crock,
and then refused to pay.

The drama from there did not stop.
The courts were then consulted.
His case for cows he did not drop.
An agreeable decision resulted.

The king banished him without paying.
He was not very pleased
He killed the king for betraying.
And the argument then ceased.

The king who assigned the labor,
wasn't happy too.
After he killed the king's neighbor,
He claimed it was to easy to do.

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