the
happy
prince
would be
a
p
p
a
l
l
e
d
by the site
of his kingdom
in a
d
e
s
p
e
r
a
t
e
s
t
a
t
e
after all
the furnished
plucked stones
& scraps
of peeled
gold-leaf
had been
g.i.f.t.e.d.
via the swallow’s
devotion
between
the prince’s vibrant
sapphire optics
and a ruby
in the shade
of a freshly
polished
red delicious
poor beings
s-u-f-f-e-r
n
o
u
r
i
s
h
m
e
n
t
tragic
to state,
is the least
of their concerns
one forced to reside
in a fortified
tissue paper
brick château
cement,
is non-existent.
Inspired By Anna Mazzotta, A Man Of Expensive Taste