Royalty

One fine morning, in the land of a very gentle people, a magnificent man

and woman cried in the public square,

"Friends, I want her to be queen!"

"I want to be queen!" She laughed and trembled.

He spoke of revelation, of a trial finished.

They swooned against each other.

Indeed, they were kings for a whole morning,

while the scarlet awnings were raised on the houses,

and all one afternoon, while they advanced

toward the palm gardens.