The Ballad of the Man Who Was Once a King

Once upon a time

Succumbing to beauty was a man’s undoing

No longer his prime

Succubus – she had, yes, her own plans a-brewin’

Beneath the charred soil

Only cinders left

Behold the scarred soul

Now of life bereft

There was a man who was once king

Yet did not on his head have a crown

To this dainty belle did he cling

She rarely upon him laid a frown

Still, a ring was of great import

To adorn, y’see, a slender limb

Never you mind la petite mort

Such is the need, need to be prim

A flickering stone

The child’s sent cavorting

It’s an ice-dream cone

Old plans ain’t for thwarting

There was a man who was once king

Succumbing to beauty was the man’s undoing

To this dainty belle did he cling

Succubus – she had, yes, her own plans a-brewin’

Indeed senseless of him, he was aware

Strive to assert his ever shaking ground

Her scent, skin… lights were dim… — why even dare

Better to mind the gorgeous naked mound

This man’s no more a king, that is for sure

Closer to a fool he is, and that’s a fact

His reasoning was, well, downright obscure

How did he, really, expect her to react?

There was a man

Who was once

King

Succumbing to beauty

Was the man’s

Undoing

To this dainty belle

Did he

Cling

Succubus – she had, yes,

Her own plans

A-brewin’