Left Dangling

Fool
"Sire - when is a King not a King?"

King
"Never! - do you think not, fool?"

Fool
"Me thinks not that the King is not King for thinking he is not."

King
"You are right, fool, for when a King hath had his Kingdom he be King, Kingdom or not.
What say you of the Queen?"

Fool
When "K" is rounded to "Q"
And "I" gives way to "U"
Get "e" s for eyes too few
The King gives "n" her due.
- But "g" is left dangling - he be free!

King
"Ha! Ha! - the fool has left me dangling free"

Fool
"Sire - the Queen takes and leaves a King dangling
There never was half a Kingdom left
When Kingdom split in two.
A King dangling in no Kingdom
Is not inviting. Nothing's new

King
Your riddles wax lyrical - nought better to do?

Fool
You dangle for ridicule? What else can you do?

King
Whip the fool, and fool me too!
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