On Turning Eighty-Five

I turned Eighty-Five

On the morning

of a Royal Wedding

All the pagentry and song

Auspiciously including

My Birthday with a TV invitation

With such historical moment

That I know

This Birthday bonds with history

The protocol of Royal Ritual

Makes turning Eighty-Five

a mirror image

of an almost

Fantasy surprise

 

Ted Goodell

May 2018