...And The Princesses Of France Poem by Douglas Scotney

The extra house by the sea:
possible,
desirable, inevitable,
for the train, the car, the colony;

and meditation
upon the host of princesses in France,

spawned the English idea:
there should be more of them over here.

Sir's becomes Lady,
Dame's stays Mister,
Prince's becomes Princess,
but for a Princess with an affected title,
hers is no Prince,
but one who wishes he had'a missed her,
as he slaves away, or thieves,
for house number 3
by the sea.