Saturday, August 29, 2015

King Lear - by Poet Laureate of the Last Thursday Book Club

A "Leary" Review

by the LTBC Eminent Poetaster

Oh my, the Tragedy of King Lear,
Crown of England ... but alas, not all here
Plans to carve up his Royal Throne
Among three daughters ... his very own.

But wait!  two are very, very bad
Only Cordelia truly loves her Dad
Again, my friends, dementia prevails
And 'tis the evil duo Lear hails.

Poor Cordy's not asked to his dance
So she elopes with the lascivious King of France.
Now the evil daughters plot Daddy's pain
While King Lear goes slowly insane.

He first tries streaking a stormy heath
Clad in naught but his chattering teeth.
Lear's friend, Gloucester, suddenly joins in
When he sees where Loopy Lear's been.

So the serpenty sisters, out of spite
Gouge out Gloucester's "insightful" eye sight.
But wait!  Cordelia's French army returns
And for her dear father she greatly yearns.

They meet, hug and kiss
As if nothing's amiss -
For a brief moment it seems, my friend
Like we enjoy sugar & cream again.

But alas, as we near our final scene
Things really get nasty & downright mean.
That's to say, our body count
Starts to exponentially mount.

Edmund has Lear and Cordy jailed
So again, dark evil has prevailed.
He then has sweet Cordy hanged
Let the one good daughter be "dangling danged."

In the end, beaucoup blood is bled:
Lear, Gloucester & Edmond, door-nail dead.
Indeed, only Albany, Edgar & Kent
Survive the carnage ... their lives not spent.

Methinks Lear's ex-kingdom's on a slippery slope
And alas, dear friend, there is no hope!

P.S.:  "A tragedy is about defeat, damnation, death & despair
          These are shades of Life we all must bear."




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