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INDIGNITY
INDIGNITY
Is this the final indignity
Your royal bones in the common view
Your curved spine exposed to mockery
Collected from a Leicester car park
Was defeat at Bosworth not enough
Thrown from your horse into a field of blood
Betrayed by those in whom you trusted
Wounded by a bard’s cruel fantasies
Richard last of the Plantagenets
Where ...
Tuesday 5th February 2013 10:35 pm
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