François Hollande due to meet the Queen
The Telegraph, 10 July 2012
This is truth,
a passage hung with old masterly proof
of succession, each oil on canvas
upholding this: Elizabeth.
And how the monkey rattles the bones
of his cage, it takes my breath
away. This grand Republican stands
nerved to parlay with hands damp,
sweating her gloved fingertips
being touched to these presidential lips
and remembering to release
my grip. A throne is after all just a seat,
said Bonaparte, but how odd
to be an atheist received by God.
(c) 2012 Slush Poet
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