What Comes from Having
a British Housekeeper
He, raised on Scottish porridge in the land
Of ancient Greeks, on tapioca, rice,
And other British blandness, grows a gland
Enlarged enough that it can thrust and slice
Its way to royal climax in a queen.
That phyllo colored semen slobs its way
To ova. Her baby-making machine
Pops out three princes and a single stray
Infanta princess. The rest is history.
The craziness of families and of chance
Results in dual dynasties blistery
With human faults and merits in a dance.
He went to Gordonstoun while in his teens,
Becoming strong to give her off-white genes.
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.