Weight of a Crown

adapted from To Fanfare, Prince William and Kate Middleton Marry

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/30/world/europe/30britain.html?_r=1&hp

The weight of this crown

Lowered greater heads than mine

Yet countless pounds of jewels

Will not bow me today

The length of this train

Hand wrought of ivory

Intricate as spider’s lace

Will not make me stumble

The dictators in the front pews

Their hands bathed in blood

Will not draw a protest from my lips

For you, this may seem a

Storybook day of horse drawn carriages,

Footmen in tunics wrought of gold,

Women wearing hats festooned with ribbons,

Endless tinkling of crystal goblets filled with Champagne

I remain clear eyed despite

The veil’s delicate gauze