praise our king (charles the 2nd),
who never did anything unwise,
but likewise, never said anything wise.*

                                        - john wilmot -

i was thinking long and hard,
      well... not really... the comparison
just popped into my head...
     of the french monarchy,
                philip the 2nd (augustus)
became the pre-dating machiavellian
genius, i'd say the prototype,
     if not the archetype...
           he cheated three angevin kings,
henry the 2nd, richard the 1st
                           and king john;
but this "poem" isn't about that...
  i was trying to make comparisons
of the french & english monarchies
what two kings of these monarchies
  could be confused as half-brothers?
obvious!
              charles the 2nd of england,
             and louis the 14th of france...
no two kings were ever alike as
these buggers.
            saying that...
         charles seems to have the upper-hand,
apart from the grand-court jester
  that was john wilmont -
          he also had a composer that
most people still remember...
   yet for some reason, i can't think of
anyone famous under the banner
                                   of the sun king;
maybe i just wasn't informed,
           but i guess if you get to
represent yourself in an ironic
   geocentric fashion... well...
        who ever dared to poke fun at louis?
versailles wasn't exactly close
   to a river, for a composer to be comissioned
to draft music for a fireworks display
              on the thames,
      that even the beggars could enjoy...
versailles? off limits.

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when i hear classical music on the radio:
i have this annoying hearing impediment,
i confuse mozart with beethoven,
      and beethoven with mozart...
for some reason, i can't quiet catch
                the necessary accents that might
clarify these siamese titans...
    but:                                      h
       ­                  ä (æ)
                                           n
         d
                                       e            l?
              no problem for some reason.