Royal Cuckoo

My country is a grown up one,
do we need these kings and queens?

They own the land and interbreed 
to protect their royal brand.

They kiss her feet and drink from 
her mug, eat bacon from her plate

And in the past Elizabeth one, would
scrape your ashes from her grate

Now her descendant, dripping in
gold, and furs and caviar, doesn’t

Know you or me, but we the people,
pay her bills, and clean her lavatory

They’re all the same, rich parasites,
living off Britain’s honest folk,

Long live the queen and write a poem?
What a bloody joke!
Copyright © | Year Posted 2015


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Date: 6/6/2015 11:15:00 PM
Peter. Congratulations on your "Sweet LONG LIVE THE QUEEN win." Love **SKAT**
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Date: 6/6/2015 6:32:00 PM
Congratulations on your win. :~)
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Date: 6/6/2015 4:30:00 PM
loved your humourous take on the theme - surprise surprise we all got first lol:-) Hugs Jan xx
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Date: 5/11/2015 7:54:00 AM
I can imagine your disbelief that you were actually writing the contest poem... Lol!
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Peter Lewis Holmes
Date: 5/11/2015 8:38:00 AM
Yes Julia...the irony was not lost on me!....fully expecting, nothing less than an "N/A" LOL!.....Peter
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