Sir Thomas Lawrence, English
Queen Charlotte Thinking How Much She’d Love To Be In Her Sweatpants Right Now, 1789
Oil on canvas
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/// Prompt Queen Charlotte would always insist
that appointments must never be missed.
She would meet tête-à-tête
with Marie Antoinette
on time, (wearing a watch on each wrist).
/// Much about Charlotte’s reign has been written.
With her King, George the Third, she was smitten.
Fifty-seven years wed;
fifteen children they bred.
Introduced Christmas trees to Great Britain.
/// Yes, she often gave birth to a kid,
but that’s not the sole thing Charlotte did.
Tannenbaums introduced,
gave the King’s moods a boost,
and she had her face stamped on a quid!
/// Thirteen children survived; quite a few
of them went on to rule nations, too.
Charlotte was an arts patron,
not a do-nothing matron.
She expanded the Gardens called Kew.
/// King George pictured her dressed all in scarlet,
acting like a lascivious harlot.
Did “Samantha” he marry?
Or “Miranda,” or “Carrie”?
No. Turns out she was truly a “Charlotte.”
/// Charlotte’s clothing was ornate, but dull.
Gothic images won’t make the cull.
The thing I find odd, is,
just squint at her bodice.
Doesn’t that look to you like a skull?
(Her great great great grandson is The Punisher.)