A soulful hymn

To the king of the hill

A throned majesty

Surveying the kingdom

A watchful eye

A thoughtful mind

Weighing up choices

Revealing a kind heart

Summon the people

Something must be spoken

You are not subjects

Or passive objects

But people to be 

Treated with respect.

The king abdicates

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Two ladies, late eighties: one flicking

the pages of Majesty magazine

to pass the time, but still a believer;

the other preparing to sail down

the Thames in a royal barge. 

Yachts, palaces, castles, state visits,

breakfast cereal in Tupperware cartons.

Happy holidays in the Isles of Scilly,

bereavement, confusion, incontinence.

One paid her care home fees by se...

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