Queen Mary & the Governess:
Ho Hum Hussies
The queen of England met the young Greek prince.
She said he was quite nice and had blue eyes.
Her Majesty flunked the test to evince
The slightest insight. That is no surprise.
Queen Mary was just a bloody human
With all our ordinary blindnesses.
She had none of the prophet’s acumen.
I doubt that she had normal kindnesses,
Too. Crawfie said he was a Viking with
Blue piercing irises, “fair-headed,” and had
A “sharp face.” That just fits in with the myth
Of Nordic pirates. So much for the lad
Whose destiny was far beyond their sight,
Unequals equal, myopically trite.
This poem is part of a shorter sonnet sequence within this large sonnet sequence called The Encyclopedia Sonnetica. The shorter sonnet sequence is called “Philip, Prince of Greece and Great Britain.” I recommend you read this poem where it is set in its sonnet sequence. To do that, search for “Philip, Prince of Greece and Great Britain” here in The Encyclopedia Sonnetica.