Friday 22 October 2021

An Overnight Stay

We take for granted kith and kin;

That when we need them, they’ll be in

That always they'll be by our side

To calm life's sometimes bumpy, ride …

 

Our hearts seem eager to believe

That other Nations sometimes grieve

For loss of loved ones, but not us

Our long-lived Head of State* – a plus!

 

So, a newsflash stops us in our tracks

The royal mirror shows small cracks

In the wake of BREXIT and face masks

Health for the Queen is a big ask.

 

The status quo is an illusion

Uncertainties reign in profusion

‘The Sun’ has spilled the beans and so

We wonder what else we should know…


(c) Poet in the woods 2021



* Queen Elizabeth II (aged 95) was taken to King Edward VII's private hospital on 20th October, 2021 for "preliminary tests".

The Queen died on 8th September, 2022

 

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