Sunday, November 23, 2025

the lay of the land

like another woman
but for a very different reason
I tell you to lie back and think of England

you should go to sleep
I really have to go to sleep 
I have an early morning class, I have an early morning meeting, I have to wake up super early

so leave me be 
and just go to sleep
lie back think of England

that'll be terrifically bland 
and boring enough to be soporific 
think of Charles, I say. Think of Queen Elizabeth, think of Queen Elizabeth's purse

3 comments:

J said...

LOL, next time I am trying to go to sleep, I’m going to think of QEII’s purse!

Nance said...

Oh, this is so funny!

I once had a conversation with my mother about Queen Elizabeth's purse. She contended that the queen kept her incontinence pads in there. Why else, she argued, would she need to always keep it with her?

Indeed.

Life of a Doctor's Wife said...

Ha - loving "think of Queen Elizabeth's purse." This poem speaks to me so much as a mom of a sometimes sleepless kiddo. Now I know what to say to her next time she awakens me in the middle of the night...

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I would have been miserable as a lawyer. I had to do lawyer-like things today in my role as a CASA and also in my role as a Title IX advisor...