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ExileVolume 4 | Number 1 Article 101958To Roualt's "The Old King"William BennettDenison UniversityFollow this and additional works at: http://digitalcommons.denison.edu/exilePart of the Creative Writing CommonsThis Article is brought to you for free and open access by the English at Denison Digital Commons. It has been accepted for inclusion in Exile by anauthorized editor of Denison Digital Commons.Recommended CitationBennett, William (1958) "To Roualt's "The Old King"," Exile: Vol. 4 : No. 1 , Article 10.Available at: http://digitalcommons.denison.edu/exile/vol4/iss1/10TO ROUALT'S "THE OLD KING" BY WILLIAM BENNETT My king, my bearded patriarch, Your abdication (long recorded) Is yet a present fallacy; As crown jewels under dull indoor light Wait centuries for tourist tears To clot the dusty glass. What did you do to warrant such a fall, That orphans should be year round crippled in February streets, Allow the many to usurp the fortune of a few, And, by the way, your wife is working in the five and dime. Yes, The mob riots conservatively in the suburbs, Waiting through this warm winter For a damp spring to muddy the back yard. No one can do anything too much, Or nothing, too little. God, which we in affirmation yet deny, We wait like nervous sheep to feel the knife. Page Thirty-Five 

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