I am a King, and quite, quite rich,
For in my six-room palace small
There lives a Queen–and that’s not all:
We have a Princess, –winsome witch!
Though just a little low in pitch,
And I lack plenty on the ball,
I am a King.
I’ve friends who’d give me their last stitch,
If need should be, and I should call.
No, I will never see the Hall
Of Fame; and yet in this, my niche,
I am a King.
(This form taken from “A Squirrel’s Realm, by Mary O’Connor,
in The Notebook, and taken from Ohio State Journal
by Ray Romine Wednesday, January 26, 1944
