The Flamingo’s Courtly Call
When the ambassador of Blushmirage visited the Potatolord In spud-bound halls where tubers reign, A flamingo strode through golden grain— His velvet cloak, a crimson tide, With noble poise and stately stride. The Potatolord, enthroned in starch, His crown aglow beneath the arch Of golden spires and tater towers, Held court amid the root-born flowers. “Your plumage gleams,” the monarch said, “Like sunrise on a buttered bread. What brings thee here, oh feathered knight, To lands of mash and royal rite?” He bowed his neck, a curving plume, “From lands of salt and seaside bloom, I seek alliance, trade, and lore— A pact of peace from shore to spore.” They dined on chips and gravy dreams, And danced beneath the moonlit beams. The flamingo twirled, the spud did sway, An...