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The Royal Version of Twinkle Twinkle little star

King Friday recited this on Mr. Rogers this morning, and it tickled me:

scintillate, scintillate, diminutive stellar orb
How inexplicable to me seems the stupendous problem or your existence.
elevated at such an immeasurable distance
in an apparently perpendicular direction from this terrestrial planet which we occupy
resembling in my dazzling and unapproachable effulgence,
a gem of purest carbon set solitaire in a university of space,

By Amy Makice

Amy Makice is a social worker actively working on two other family-centered projects, Creative Family Resources and Parenting for Humanity. Amy has a weekly online show on BlogTalkRadio.