every man a king

because we are
a country without
royalty
every man must
find a way to
be his own royal
highness, have
his own palace
his own carriage
with which to travel
about and survey
his own imaginary
land. our royalty is
found in our mattresses
now,
the king size bed,
the queen,
the twin, the standard,
the thin and hard
proletariat.
or in the food, we eat
with king sized portions
at burger king,
or things that
we buy like
the princess phone.
every man a king,
says huey long.