They are changing their image
at Buckingham palace
but whatever one thinks
it is without malice.
They are allowing poets
on their hallowed grounds,
with a posse of photographers
and loads of newshounds.
They’ve sent invitations
to a selected few
and one of the chosen
is aged ninety-two.
They will listen to bards
at Buckingham Palace
but one absentee
is poor little Alice.
A poet of distinction,
she likes to perform
but, being a rebel,
she won’t reform.
Her views on the monarchy
is what got her barred
but the Palace hoisted
its own petard.
© Luigi Pagano 2013
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