For my subjects a new poem as I accede to the throne, horses to hand and hosepipe at the ready for reasons of health and safety
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Once I’ve put my royal seal
On a deal guaranteeing
The seeing of all public libraries
Maintained in perpetuity
I’ll have the horses of my cavalry
Create a bit of revelry
Today, the beasts, we’ll ask them to trot
Into some of the school playgrounds
Where there are certain of the children
Unsure whether horses have teeth
Or not
