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.
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