Elizabeth <br />face chalk painted <br />flirting outrageously <br />with her red hair <br />and her elfish nose <br />and her bright royal wit <br /> <br />Elizabeth <br />wearing her sexuality <br />like a corset <br />and remaining fiercely <br />the virgin queen <br /> <br />Elizabeth <br />commanding parliament <br />Ruling England <br />like a man <br />demanding <br />total obedience <br /> <br />Elizabeth <br />ordering Mary's death <br />- it took several blows <br />and broke her heart <br /> <br />Elizabeth <br />standing <br />fiercely immobile <br />for her last ten days <br />defying death <br /> <br />Helen Mirren was Elizabeth<br /><br />Alison Cassidy<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/helen-mirren-was-elizabeth/
