Giving Royalty Its Due
where a king's old, soiled laundry goes
ripe with excreta & sweat
there is no breath
for even whispered genealogies
of those terminally world-wearied
protesting their own divinity
through vaguely worded threats
excluding all the other inhabitants
of this god-damned planet
as irrelevant pests
who'd best be exterminated forthwith
if they know what's best
Giving Royalty Its Due