For the Good of the King

Subjects are topics one should not avoid.

Every day is the best ever in the life of a King.

You’re not a real King unless you’re in a Shakespeare play.

/kiNG/ rhymes with bring the King his spring slippers.

A soft King is hard to find.

Louis XIV (the Sun King) reigned for 72 years and 110 days, and behaved like one might want of a King (but born too late for Shakespeare). Louis might have been called the Woke King, for that’s a long time to go without sleeping. Or the Ballet King, for he loved to dance, and insisted his court keep its knees up.


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