May 01, 2023

The King's Basement

 



The King’s Basement

 

Bedside manners are extra prayers empty,

As succession entropic acts

A new stamp a new head posted to Ipatiev House.

Usurping timorous laureation we must to Ipatiev House

Search engines at the ready, to calculate the difference … a falling blade,

A spike, a headshot, a poll ending with a hung result.

 

Coronation words and celebratory foods, chicken, charcuntery, and inertia

Until when the poor will eat promises

All unusual and active vectors orient to Ipatiev House,

The Rite of Passage for all kings.

Search engine differentials calculate the museological relevance of a meat-hook,

    or a headshot, a poll resulting in a crumbling Bourbon end.

Big fat hands gasping for air – as entitlement is to justified, as ascension is to basement.

 


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