"I am a King,
Or an Emperor rather,
I wear crown-imperial
And prince's-feather;
Golden-rod is the sceptre
I wield and wag,
And a broad purple flag-
flower
Waves for my flag.
Elder the pithy
With old-man and sage,
These are my councillors
Green in old age;
Lord-and-ladies in silence
Stand round me and wait,
While gay ragged-robin
Makes bows at my gate.
- Poem I am a King by Christina Georgina Rossetti
My sister Courtney and I, reigning over our glorious kingdom of flowers, this past Labor Day Weekend in Michigan.
