while we wonder
which designer Kate will wear to some event
or what color suit William will sport
or what the next baby's name will be
or how much longer the Queen will be around
or how much longer Harry will have hair
or how many more times Meghan will be picked on

but i believe that we forget
that these men and women
these people like us
the little old lady
the old man
the first born
the redhead
the first wife
the new wife

all live in magnificent palaces
with walls made of blood.

sit on lovely thrones
with arms and legs made of skulls.

eat at grand tables
on which dead children are served.

more blood
more skulls
more dead children
than almost any state.

do not forget
that Royal Family
each and every one of them
have had
or now have
histories and legacies
written in red.