The words of a king - the words of a fool

each uses words as a delivery tool

the king - in deep tenors alight with bass tones

the fool - with light banter - to shudders and moans

To his lot, the king muses and each in turn nods

for the fool, they sigh deeply - heads to their gods

the king receives praises and bolsters and cheers

and the fool - for him mockery, silence or jeers

Words; be them whimsy or edict or truth

self effacing, witty - all spoken forsooth

sing-song or stolid, grave or up-beat

all purposed to teach, enighten, entreat

From the fool, the nothing - words of no worth?

and the king, from he - divinity birthed?

mayhap the messages mirror each other

the king - the fool - a literary brother

'Tis content, alas that lives in the end

the heart of each new syllable penned

judge the king and the fool on common terms

for only then can the lesson be learned

Copyright:  Brian Pellerino   2009