So what’s new? – Despotism fell! . . . Hear this:
A telegram . . .
. . . so, sir? you’re in good health I trust –
– A telegram? it says? oh, have a seat –
But what? I hear: in the hall raincoats rustle,
Someone’s arriving! – the Baron – your precious health, you must . . .
Have a seat – – what news? the Baron will tell us with a tweet . . .
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This telegram, it says . . . have an orange, it’s so sweet? . . .
Or sugared water? – – locusts swept down on Greece
– In Cyprus the coast has slid into the deep –
Patti performing in the Barber of Seville –
– I see this orange is from Malta – delicious! Will you
Have one more? . . .
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. . . but how did that Despotism fall??
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They’re just announcing the chamberlain’s ex-wife in the hall
With her adopted son – but your views on nepotism, sire?
The boy an elder to his mother by a year, by a head taller . . .
They’re just approaching . . .
. . . how? that Despotism did fall.