Short Falstaff Poems

My tongue is loosened by champagne but I speak as I do everything 
for all the world to know

That I am old more the pity and my white hairs do witness it
if good food wine and beer be a fault then god help the wicked

You call me a fool and a sinner maybe but we are not finished yet 
but so are you everything that I am...

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What would William Shakespeare have to say of Trump's actions in this tragedy
play? Would he liken Trump to King Lear, consumed by vanity, loyalty and fear?  Is Trump yet another Sir John Falstaff, a great buffoon, good for a laugh? "Double, Double toil and trouble", will the unseating of Trump leave this nation in a rubble? Please Mr. Shakespeare help us quell these uncertain times, oh pray do tell?...

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That he is old more the pity
His white hairs do witness it

If food, wine and beer be a fault
Then God help the wicked

But for a sweet Jack Falstaff
Kind Jack Falstaff
True Jack Falstaff
Valiant Jack Falstaff 
Therefore more valiant
Being as he is old Jack Falstaff

Banish not him from your friendship
Banish plump Jack
Then banish all the world

My apologises to Shakespeare ! 
An adaption from Henry IV...

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He didn’t care for Wilde,
And Chaucer was ‘alright,’
But quoted from The Bard
At morning, noon and night.

He loved the characters,
The funny and bizarre -
And fat old Falstaff was 
His favourite by far.

He liked Malvolio,
And never tired of Hal,
He felt for Timon too -
And would have been his pal.

He lived for Will Shakespeare -
His name could make him smile.
I guess he’s not alone - 
His words make life worthwhile!...

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