Friday, March 27, 2020

A very old poem for modern times.

This is the Key

This is the key of the kingdom.
In that kingdom is a city;
In that city is a town;
In that town there is a street;
In that street there winds a lane;
In that lane there is a yard;
In that yard there is a house;
In that house there waits a room;
In that room an empty bed;
And on the bed a basket –
A Basket of Sweet Flowers;
A Basket of Sweet Flowers.


Flowers in a Basket;
Basket on the bed;
Bed in the chamber;
Chamber in the house;
House in the weedy yard;
Yard in the winding lane;
Lane in the broad street;
Street in the high town;
Town in the city;
City in the Kingdom;
This is the Key of the Kingdom – 
         Of the Kingdom, that is the Key.



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