Marie Antoinette
They don’t call this summer month “July” anymore.
There is a new name for it. They call it “Thermidor”.
How many changes are we going to see?
People are shouting “Death to King Louis”!
Paris inhabitants don’t show the least bit of regret.
They also want to see the killing of Marie Antoinette.
She was told the peasants did not have enough bread.
What a terrible thoughtless thing she said!
This is going to cost Marie her head.
Outraged citizens want the queen dead.
Responsibility was something she would not take
when she said to her court “Let them eat cake”
The guillotine is assembled in the public square.
To witness the event, there are people everywhere.
Copyright © Robert Pettit | Year Posted 2012
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