For those who have never heard the poem to which I am alluding in posting my pic:
THE EMPEROR'S WIVES
Deep, dark forest kingdom
Under banyan covered skies
Lived a king with untold riches;
Jewels, gold, and four fair wives.
All had hair as black as midnight,
Coal-black eyes that sparkled bright,
Terracotta skin as smooth as bronze
And tender movements like a sprite.
Every night he indulged his fantasies
Enjoyed his wives and went to sleep
As he slept his wives kept secrets
Holding hands under the sheets.
Each dark day in this ancient palace
The Emperor sat on his throne of gold,
While his young wives explored bright gardens.
Eye met eyes and hands did hold.
One hot day in the dead of summer,
The emperor's wife saw a look of love on her Lover's face - toward their husband.
Fires burned jealous, she lost her love.
One hot night in the dead of summer,
The Emperor's wife stole'd a magi's blade
and crept into her lovers chamber
and as they slept her lovers slay'd.
Deep, dark forest kingdom
Under banyan covered skies
Lived a king with untold riches;
Jewels, gold, and THREE fair wives.
All had hair as black as midnight,
Coal-black eyes that sparkled bright,
Terracotta skin as smooth as bronze
And tender movements like a sprite.