Parody for Social Media

[PATRICK]

Presidential Post

I WANT to go out in the woods and play
That I am the King of the Magats to-day;
So I’ll gather some stars from the midnight sky
(There are plenty to spare in the jewels on high)
And I’ll have them set in a crown of gold;
For a sceptre a tiger lily I’ll hold;
A violet bed will be my throne
And the beautiful world will be mine alone.

I’ll make one law my realm to bind,
That everybody must just be kind
And love all children and flowers and birds
And always speak in gentle words.
What a happy land will my kingdom be
Where hopes are high and hearts are free!

(With many apologies to Charles Keeler, poet of a bygone age. Only two words have been changed to create the subtle parody) The angels weep.