Has the queen

Cherry

By span

Sat, 19 Mar 2011
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6 comments
 

Ever called her aide to her anti-room,

wearing gifted chinese slippers, sipping cardamom milk, caressing a corgi,

and asked for images

a slideshow of how things are when the queen is not visiting.

She says, show me things

no one would ever want the Queen to see;

pictures of houses filled with medicine bottles

an Asda on Lavender Hill, Clapham Junction,

sofas bulleted with cigarette ends and arguments

Primark queues of toddlers in jeggings

wheelie bins overflowing into rivers.

Certificate U
Autobiography

Comments

Submitted by seashore on
Another really good one. Love your quirky style. Spotted a typo - `queues'?? Hope you don't mind.

Submitted by span on
No, don't mind at all! IN fact, massive thank you Seashore.

Submitted by Insertponceyfre... on
this is lovely span! spotted another typo: should be ante-room

 

Submitted by Highhat on
a really very realistic wish that she see it all and what would she even think? I don't think she would understand or feel empathy. I can't relate to her way of life!! Imagine- I think this is really a good idea you have had with this poem. well done ;)Pia

Submitted by tcook on
I like anti-rooms but I suspect you mean ante-rooms. Or do you?

Submitted by jon9uk on
like the line "sofa's bulleted with cigarette ends and arguments" I've sat on those sofa's, they always used to be the cheap flammable ones used on the telly, that would set your house on fire. For me it's a strong and loaded image.