20. The Long Game...new balls, please

An interminable game
of shuffling back and forth
comes to a close.
The crafted crown atop
and a pair of orbs beneath
confirm title and
sovereign right.
A resting place.



The last glorious finishing touches were applied, but were still a mystery under the veils of swaddling. Back and forth, in and out of the finest clinics, moving parts applied. Not fascinated by the flesh and blood procedures, the operations were tedious, but incidentals appealed. Candles lit in the chapel, the hospital’s hub, bestowed meditation space and a refreshing cool, dedicated saints presided: an elderly birth and a dragon slain.