She kept swimming in her pool of victorious blood. Smug. Forceful. Reveling in the cries of innocence. Drinking the glass of power. Laughing at the division of humanity. Division is conquest, she believed.

Until it started…

The wisdom of history: Empires fall…

Others rise, and fall once more. As all emperors had once thought they were imperishable. Dictators had believed they were indestructible. Pharaohs had believed they were immortal. Romans had believed they were indomitable. Nazis had believed they were supreme.

It was Doomsday and she didn't see it coming. It was the day The Lady Of Liberty had fallen.

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Written for flash-9-1-18 October Contest