A jester came to the royal court

In the form of a ‘retarded’ child.

And after the embarrassment gave way to acceptance,

The royal family realized 

The miracle of unabridged myrrh.

The antics of the child were such

A breath of fresh comic relief.

The clown in him, the hilarity of his ways,

The unorthodox, uncouth things he said

Lessened the severity of 

The inevitability of death itself,

So much so that the king and queen 

Lived a longer than normal lifespan,

And happily so, supplied on laughter,

Life’s very bestest medicine,

And Love, life’s very best everything.

-jenn