Unmerited Finery
She said, "Open wide."
I did.
She said, “Close down.”
I did.
Even though I'm barely
a commoner,
much more the
peasant
or serf,
she treated me as
Royalty,
placing a crown on
an exhausted molar.
"Thank you," I said,
and hurried home
toward
Buckinghorse Palace
lest
I be found out.
from the Wonderments and Such collection
. . . j
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