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Degrees of Separation

Audio Recordings, Relationships / tagged Connections, Fame, Royalty / May 7, 2023 / by neil_2015_wordpress@neilmeili.com

C.A. tells me the other day
about his genuine cowboy father
who worked Wild Bill’s “Wild West” show

And if I shake C.A.’s hand and I often do
I’m only one away from Buffalo Bill
and Sitting Bull makes two

And then there’s Black Elk and Crazy Horse
and a whole passel of Little Big Horn Sioux

And shaking the hand of the Queen Mom
and loving her lots and holding on some
I was only one away from Churchill
and every crowned head for a hundred years
and Lady Di too, don’t that bring some tears

And I also hug Greta now and then
who worked for Hammarsjold at the U.N.

Yesterday I had a rum with Eric
who lived with the Yanamami
and natives of a Southern sea

All those amazing thousands
and I still haven’t counted past three
anyone here want to shake hands with me

Long Wait the King

Audio Recordings, Personal Growth / tagged Coronation, King Charles, Queen Elizabeth, Royalty / May 6, 2023 / by neil_2015_wordpress@neilmeili.com

Charles has been so long in the wings
that his feathers have lost some shine

All his best polo ponies have died
and corners knocked off of his pride

His mother unprepared yet prevailed
this much practice should have it nailed

Prince Charles, age 4, beside his grandmother at his mother’s coronation
Westminster Abbey, June 2, 1953

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