<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=423817" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Queen Elizabeth II 's 80th Birthday Poem</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">a historic queen used to flip through <br>my little hands - little square, <br>round coppers, round nickels<br>blue and green notes<br>one cent, five, ten cents<br>which could buy so much more.<br>the alluring queen with a dazzling smile<br>tinkled in dad's foot deep pockets, <br>mom's and aunties' humble handbags, <br>and late granny's secret pocket<br>in the flipside of her blouse as<br>we little tots pestered them <br>for things we longed for day and night.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">there was brother's unforgettable <br>red raleigh, the wooden wall clock <br>with a flying horse that had seen better days<br>christmas vinyl records, poetry books.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">they were all acquired with smiles -<br>ours and the queen's we still hold <br>dear to our hearts</div><div style="margin:10px 0">the queen still tinkles, tinkles<br>in our mind all these rolling years.<br>so many things spill over<br>from the British to independent years.<br>topping them would be mom's crown <br>- she so loves the Queen's simple clean<br>curly silky crop she ingenously <br>copies her style to this day.<br> the queen, the british queen, <br>she is such a beauty, she would say<br>everytime she came on television.<br>and everytime i see the queen, i actually<br>see two queens and will, always.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=John+Tiong+Chunghoo">John Tiong Chunghoo</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=423817" data-title="Queen Elizabeth II 's 80th Birthday Poem de John Tiong Chunghoo" data-description="a historic queen used to flip through my little hands - little square, round coppers, round nickels blue and green notes one cent, five, ten cents which could buy so much more. the alluring queen with a dazzling smile tinkled in dad's foot deep ..."></div> </div> </div>

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