The King of Certain Subjects
By Ewan
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The revellers, any-excuse-rs, the loyal to the royal,
the obsessive collectors of coins, tea towels and mugs:
Adulators Assemble!
Come all ye faithful,
to see the crowning
of the King of Certain Subjects.
The nominal head of so many states
will know his geography,
his science may tend toward the natural
but that is the best of him, is it not?
In the Windsor Academy he has long
been the Head of Religious Studies.
For it is not The Firm, nor even a firm,
but a school, the Old School tie-d
to our nation with golden chains of office.
And all the circumstantial pomp
is no more than smoke and mirrors.
A temporary magician's cabinet
cannot make a sixth-aged man a King,
no matter what scents and censers
swing in any kind of church,
before an audience of certain subjects,
sure of their place and his.
Revelling in this servile certainty,
a nation tugs its forelock.
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smoke, mirrors and some very
smoke, mirrors and some very odd headgear!
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British Democracy
strikes me as one of the most subtle and successful forms of brain washing on the planet. Even if you don't live there anymore, once subjected to it one is never quite free of it.
The thing is, it would not be anywhere near as successful without the monarchy. Generally it seems to me even if one is opposed to royalty most would feel exposed if it ceased to exist. I saw this thinking in Australia during the last vote for a republic. (better the devil you know, Mate!)
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Nice, witty and punchy poem.
Nice, witty and punchy poem. As a citizen of a country whose president is even older than your monarch, I concur with the saying Better the devil you know
Cheers, Luigi
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And if you dont like it...
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I appreciated the blunt or
I appreciated the blunt or realistic angle of your poem. I like the way you said it, even though I don't feel too negative about the monarchy right now.
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the english
Makes one think of the Isrealites wanting a king and against better judgement, and they got Saul. The English are known for getting carried away with sentiment tears etc. Nothing wrong with that.
Nolan &
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