Queen of Hearts

QUEEN OF HEARTS Queen of Hearts, delightful and red, Baked some tarts, or so it is said, Left them to cool on the windowsill: Knave of Hearts then ate his fill. Queen called the King to remonstrate - Court-royal was assembled to adjudicate: Knave was guilty, plain to see, But the court-royal set him free. Queen called her queen-friends, spades and clubs. They agreed it was the grossest of snubs, Suggested punishment for the King so red: No dinner, no tv, no sleeping in her bed. More tarts were baked in fulness of time. Eating them was made a serious crime By Queen’s new red husband, The legally reliable King of Diamond. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Written for Paula Swanson's Contest "Pick A Card, Any Card"