Cardboard King

by Kenneth Vincent Walker / February 2nd, 2020

All hail and rise for
The Cardboard King.
Dance, bow, and sing
Before his lofty throne,

But mind what you say.
Do not criticize a thing,
Or surely you’ll swing
From the gallow’s pole.

All flail in praise of
The Cardboard King.
Lay your offerings down
To save your mortal soul.

This thin-skinned, self-
Absorbed neophyte will
Encounter his kryptonite
On that day of reckoning,

Like a thief in the night.

Kenneth Vincent Walker is a "New Formalist" Poet, Spoken Word Artist, Performer, and Author of BORDERLINE ABSURD (An Exercise in Rhyme and Reason), published by Poem Sugar Press 2015. Read other articles by Kenneth Vincent.

This article was posted on Sunday, February 2nd, 2020 at 8:02am and is filed under Poetry.