Marie Antoinette <br />Wan countenance set <br />With gunge <br />Sits mute at toilette <br />And dabs with a wet <br />Sea sponge <br />Now settle the debt <br />False charge, dark as jet <br />Expunge. <br /> <br />Cart avidly met <br />The creditors fret <br />And lunge <br />Then recompense whet <br />Slant iron is let <br />To plunge! <br />Wan countenance set <br />Marie Antoinette.<br /><br />Diane Hine<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/lai-nouveau-the-debt/
