Day 252 (Delayed): To the King and Queen

I wrote this for my brother and SIL on their wedding day (All these poems are delayed because I couldn't post poems while I was out of town.)

To the King and Queen
By Batsheva 8/10/10

How can you write a poem 'bout love
Without sounding trite and cliche?
How can you speak about marriage
When the sages have all had their say?
I can't.
So I think that it's best not to try
(I actually did, but it just made me cry).

Instead I'll just write about Mike
And my new sis.
It's challenging
But I wanted to do this.
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My baby brother
I do love him so
He was quite a geek as a kid
You should know
But now that he's grown. . .
He's become. . .
The GEEK KING!
Which really is great
Because geeky's his thing
But every good king
Must have his own queen
So Mike searched for years
With results we have seen.

Tonight Mike crowned Hillary
Queen of his world
Making her my new sister
And one lucky girl!

She's qualified for Jeopardy
More times than a few
But they never choose her
So what could she do?
She had to find some other
Game that she'd like
Now she's having lots more fun
Playing with Mike!

This King and this Queen
Both so smart and so sweet
A more perfect couple
You never will meet

At home, on the town, and at Powertrain
Together these Kotlers will joyfully reign
And though I suppose
It did take some gall
I think I wrote a poem 'bout love
After all.