Friday, September 11, 2020

The Tressed Judge

How sittest there O' guilded soul

upon thy laureate throne

Above the peasants down below

who cast their votes alone


Thy laws doth make that others keep

and thou a pass exempt

for all doth know thy aged hair

must never be unkempt


Upon the stage pontificate

for others thou must rule

and point thy boney finger down

at those much less the fool


And rip thy papers 'pon front stage

for all the world to see

for thus respect and honor's place

thy soul hast kept from thee


And cast thy judgment far and wide

for thou doth know the best

while ridicule doth fill thy breath

against resistant rest


And lest the churlish down below

hear wind of thy dark pate

remove thyself from honored throne

for thee be much too late


Let curlers fly and dryers swing

upon thy sacred tree

reminders of thy wretched path

that poureth forth from thee



 

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