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Tuesday, 2 February 2021

Royalty, Almost

The silence is broken by the cry of a child

That the lack of light

Is used to evoke the mystery

Of the night of the daring raid

The glass is left

As cut out by the robbers

A rectangular opening

Just large enough

To lift the tiara through

Whispered voices add to the atmosphere

Of loss, and magisterial bindings

And thieves or vagabonds