of course the main thing she will want to be remembered for is
fairness
off with their heads was said to everyone in turn
especially before their turn
cart before horse is best her happy children always reminisced
in the film footage
a sentimental tear in each eye
Mummy loved red roses best
hand painted; her passion for art
and horticulture so exacting the workers perished in the heat
without a centa for turning the whimpy white roses all magenta
she was such a tireless yeoman for beauty
why couldn't anyone understand she wept
some would say, she raged
my stagecraft is not appreciated here!
its easy in storybooks to just wake up
nudged by your kittycat on the riverbank
and get out of it
on a most superior summer afternoon
but in real life it isn't so easy
sentencing before trial
and oh, my heart,
you are whisked away
a thousand million alices a day
a lot of rabbits looking the other way.
mary angela douglas 27 june 2023
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