#2412 -- the best place for a king is in the ground

 

2412

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9.viii.26

the best place for a king is in the ground

 

something heavy for a lid

 

a king is not my hero

 

kings have a habit of cropping up

when you were quite sure they were gone

 

whatever good they might’s from might

how’s that a good thing?

 

yet kings remind us of what never was

how when the world was hale and whole

no hair out of place

 

there’s nostalgia for a sacred crown

kings have that quality of rumour

and may seem blameless after

kings get around the way of ghosts

 

some even with their heads chopped off

but more of them – many more – do the chopping

or have their chopping done for them

 

that was ever their way

 

the best place for a king is in the ground

 

it’s where your king’s best kept

 

best to let God save them

 

an unmarked grave is apt