Faye Sizemore

QUEEN OF NOVEMBER

Each morning
… you have appeared
clothed in finery
of red and gold…
like a fantasy Lady
holding court
in days of old

The jester…
Frost… dances
around your feet
and enticingly
threatens
an end to your reign
to all he does greet

Revering the Monarch
… appearing so fine
and ignoring the Jester
who threatens
to spoil the rhyme
… we may just realize
who the Fool is… in time…