Jessica Hayllar, British
“Oh, Come Now, Michael. I’m Sure When Ms. Poppins Called You a ‘Spoiled Little Twerp,’ She Meant It in the Nicest Possible Way,” 1892
Oil on canvas
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I meant Wikipedia page at the end.
/// “Our two countries require an alliance,
so, as Princess, I must show compliance
that I’ll wed this young Prince,
but we first must convince
him to stop tantrum fits of defiance.”
/// “Oww… When First we Met he tugged my curls,
and his shoes, at my head, the Prince hurls.
He collapses in tears
when I won’t show my fears.
I suspect that he doesn’t like girls.”
/// “We’re attended by ladies-in-waiting
who explained we’ll wait years before mating.
We are both only six;
he may learn to like chicks
during more than a decade of dating.”
/// Since her birth, she’s been learning her duties,
but she knows how to charm, like most beauties.
When the boy’s sobbing ends
she will try to make friends,
and convince him she doesn’t have “cooties.”
/// Through the years the frail Prince would disparage
his fiancée’s proud bearing and carriage.
They’re political pawns.
Child betrothal just spawns
an ersatz loveless name-only marriage.