Back biting Richard

Richard the usurper

I don't like this usurping man
for me he’s just an also-ran.
His brother Edward, the King,
gave young Richard everything.

Land in Yorkshire, Gloucester too,
power and wealth he did accrue.
When Edward died suddenly
Richard acted wantonly.

‘My brother’s a b-stard his children too’
the boys now Richard did pursue.
Lord Protector his new role
public opinion he did not console.

The boys installed then in the Tower
whilst Richard planned their final hour.
Hastings, elder boy’s coronation man,
came to the Tower to reveal the plan.

Richard screamed ‘off with his head’
in a couple of minutes Hastings dead.
The boys disappeared without a trace
no order given to search the place.

Two hundred years later, bodies found,
foot of White Tower their burial ground.
No wonder Richard ordered no search,
fearing removal from his lofty perch.

At Bosworth his army refused to fight
while many a Norfolk man took flight.
For Richard a suicidal charge downhill.
For Henry's men an easy kill.

Jobee