to a scandalously rich man, whose "private wealth" is estimated to total £1.815 bn ($ 2.27 bn), becoming a king/Sovereign of Canada, the head of the sixth richest country where there were 4.2 million children living in poverty, i.e. nine in a classroom of 30, in 2021-22, Child Poverty and Action Group, UK )
and in memory of British parliamentarian Tony Benn, who died in 2014 and once remarked: "Above all, the existence of a hereditary monarchy helps to prop up all the privilege and patronage that corrupts our society; that is why the crown is seen as being of such importance to those who run the country—or enjoy the privileges it affords.”
the white-haired man
70 years in waiting
at the Palace gate
a sidelong glance from a teen
with her duct-taped bag
new royal
favorites jostle for spots
on the balcony
at Buckingham Palace ...
a boy in a food store window
a woman
stares blankly at the wall
her daughter
draws the King's Gold State Coach
on a shelter table
TamponGate Prince
one of Britain's richest men
now crowned with praise
around the Palace's dark corner
open secrets of family feud
FYI: The Guardian, April 29: Revealed: King Charles’s private fortune estimated at £1.8bn
Charles's private wealth is estimated to total £1.815bn ($ 2.27 bn) . King’s fortune includes cars, jewellery, property, investments, horses, rare stamps, art and a hereditary estate.
And The Guardian, April 29: Now we know how fabulously wealthy Charles is, why can’t he pay for his own coronation?
If the king wants to be a moderniser, he won’t let hard-pressed UK taxpayers pick up the bill for this self-serving tradition... A YouGov poll this month revealed that 64% of us don’t care very much or care at all about the event, while only 9% care a great deal.
Added: for British citizens
in the Abbey for hours
the bladders of the King's subjects
tested to the limit ...
outside, the persistent echoes
of Not My King, Not My King
Added:
stuck in the midst
of the tire-burning protests ...
everything
moves slower ... and yet
faster than normal
Added: reading between the lives and writing between the lines, LXVI
another black teen
tased to death by policemen ...
my white colleague
claims, I don't see color
when we bleed, we bleed red
Added:
Buckingham silhouette
from room to room whispers of
how dark his skin might be
FYI: This is a sequel to the concluding tanka below of my tanka sequence, The Coronation
to a scandalously rich man, whose "private wealth" is estimated to total £1.815 bn ($ 2.27 bn), becoming a king/Sovereign of Canada, the head of the sixth richest country where there were 4.2 million children living in poverty, i.e. nine in a classroom of 30, in 2021-22, Child Poverty and Action Group, UK ):
TamponGate Prince
one of Britain's richest men
now crowned with praise
around the Palace's dark corner
open secrets of family feud
And CBC News, Nov. 30: Dutch version of tell-all book purportedly names royals who discussed skin colour of Harry and Meghan's son.
