F**k All the King's Horses and all the King's Men

Written from Humpty Dumpty's perspective.

Yeah, so what I was sitting
on the wall.
It was mine, and a great
wall it was.
Peasants walked by
and envied my crevasse,
they mistook it for a
belt, I had to constantly
correct them.
I got in such a squabble
with one of the villagers,
I leaned forward to give
him the what for, and
I'll be damned if I didn't
tumble off and smash into
thousands of pieces.
Because I'm so important,
the Kings men and beasts were
quickly dispatched, and
the incompetent fools could
not fix me.
So I lie here, yolk and shell
everywhere, yet I continue to
think and reason, no heaven,
no hell.  This wretched life
continues, I watch the scum
walk through me, I hear their
uneducated banter and it
infuriates me...
I've read all the great philosophers,
yet; nothing has prepared me for this.
And what the hell does, "pride goeth
before the fall." mean anyway.

Author's Note

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Reviews

[Lorry]

What the weirdest thing about this tale is how we all think he was an egg. The pictures came later, the story doesn't say humpty was an egg though!
And now I shall rest my case your honour! 😊
Did he fall or was he pushed?
And just who is that mysterious figure on the grassy knoll?
Tune in next time to Netflix new and gritty drama documentary, framing humpty! Available soon! 😊

[Thomas W Case]

Lol, thanks for the read and comment.

[D. Mansfield]

I like your poem alot, I can very well remember the worn picture book that was read to us In It, humpty, looked like a straight prick, spoilsport, and when we reached the end I was always just a bit happy the little a*****e took a tumble

[Thomas W Case]

Yes indeed. Thank you for the read and review.

[Neville]

Humpty was a bit of a numpty really .. correction, lot of bits before his brain got scrambled .. A sobering take on an old fairy tale in my book .. Neville

[Thomas W Case]

Thanks bro.

[Dave Brown]

very funny
I have done about four variations on dumb old Humpty
This is a good one

[Thomas W Case]

My childhood favorite. Thanks for the review and comment.