Not even a knight bannarette

Not even a knight bannerette.

 

Today some wannabees long to be

 part of the aristocracy.

So they research their family tree

in search of noble ancestry.

They’re quite prepared to spend their brass

 to prove that they are upper class.

I’m sad to say that most; alas

Find ancestors they’d rather pass

Although they hope they rarely find.

The noble blood they have in mind.

But plenty of the common kind.

The family legend’s undermined.

Eventually they realise.

The family legend’s based on lies.

 

Monday, 16 August 2010

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