Poems of the Week

Princely Circle

by Eddie Aderne

“Prince George’s Education in Limbo as Prince William and Kate Middleton Visit ‘Stuffy’ Eton College”
Scottish Daily Express

The Waleses are visiting Eton:
They’re frowning, their arms are akimbo;
Would Georgie get stuffy, or beaten?
Perhaps. So they’re looking at Limbo.

It’s awkward to find, I agree, as
No maps show it (even Carl Sagan’s),
But there he can learn from Aeneas,
And other Exceptional Pagans.

Don’t think he’ll just wiggle his belly:
That’s really a silly misnomer;
The place has no cell phones or telly,
Just unbaptized infants and Homer,

So students can focus: Lucrece is
The nearest he’ll see to a bimbo;
Don’t wait, then, until he deceases—
Send Bonnie Prince Georgie to Limbo!