He took with him on
his way out of the forbidden
grounds a wicker basket
filled to the brim with
sour grapes and a deck
of blank playing cards.
It was said that the joker
had joked its way out of the
deck and all the others
followed
The king remained to scrape
a few leftover diamonds
but the ace gave him a
heart, and so the queen
took his spade. Beloved king
picked a clover with five leaves
and offered it to Jack
who kept it with him in case
he ran out of luck.
As more twigs fell, and more
flowers grew, the royal court
bathed in white ink for a
false sense of escape
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