Their Once And Future Kings Poem by Robert Rorabeck

Prisms in a pragmatic antechamber—the beginning
Forgeries for a new world that only awakens after everything is
Closed—
Dwarves with battle-axes stealing clothes for bearded infants—
Pixies the same consistency as sugar
Hijacking alligators in order to travel to the epicenter of
The zoo,
Elves who steal the poles of firemen—you know who I mean-
All of those kissing cousins who you've read about
But can never quite grasp—lonely gentlemen on a road of
Espionage, or shadows outside of your windows while you
Are watching television, listening into a world they cannot
Have—teaching of the plagiarisms of our reality.
While beyond them, the castles of crystal
And the unicorns collect the moonbeams of the heavens at
Every angle—and spring them back across the rivers—
Thoughts arise as rainbows—as knights gallop for
The epicenters of their heroic curiosities—
Gifted with the exploratory thoughts,
Or sent outwards, embodying the exploratory love letters
Of their once and future kings.