Twas the Day of the Sun,
Weather overcast and bleak.
Seven irreplaceable days run,
Cone Man reviewed the last week.
The Commonwealth’s Queen died,
Marxists and republicans rejoiced.
“Long live the King” royalists sighed,
Gratitude for her reign realists voiced.
New King on the throne,
Old queen’s shadow long.
Dead as a stone,
Her presence still strong.
Dying respected by all,
Seven decades of selfless service.
Dying just as Autumn began to fall,
Sad subjects facing wintry ice.
Louis XV said: Aprez moi, le deluge.”
Meaning: “After me, the flood.”
After Louis died in 1774, many sort refuge,
From a Europe drenched in blood.
Seeing sundry storm clouds gathering,
Cone Man sadly sighed: “Aprez Liz, le deluge.”
© Craig Turney
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