Tuesday, November 25, 2014

The Meddling Monarch (poem)

THE MEDDLING MONARCH!

20/11/14. Aides to Prince Charles say that
when he becomes King Charles the Third (1)
he plans to make “heartfelt interventions”.

When God anoints Prince Charles as King,
He’ll intervene far more;
Buck House will be a hostel for,
The bedroom-tax hit poor!

Balmoral will be turned into,
A food-bank for the proles;
So they can crawl back half-fed to,
Their council house dark holes.

And Sandringham will then become,
A Rowton House estate; (2)
To save the many down-and-outs,
From a more dreadful fate.

No wonder God selected him,
To be above us all;
A different breed of human male,
So handsome and so tall!

Like all of our superiors,
He’s worth the ballyhoo;
As royalty, undoubtedly,
Are a divine-like few.

So picture Charles in his en-suite,
Our god-king all alone;
His false teeth soaking in the bath,
As he sits on the throne!

(1) King Charles the Second was
known as the ‘Merry Monarch’.

(2) Hostels built by the Victorian
philanthropist, Lord Rowton.

© Richard Layton  

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