The crown
this sceptred isle;
the rotten topi,
rattle of the drumroll.
Execution of
democracy.
Imperial tread,
slow march reaches
the tendrils
of the bunny
in myxomatosis.
Skinned
to the image;
of interference.
This disease
of killing.
Careless slaughter
within; of those
discarded and
neglected.
by the bevelled
trident
It strikes
the perceived snake
farther afield.
The toes echo
dread footfall,
the flattened vomit.