KARL WALLACE
Alexander the Great is my son
1. With gleeful celebration you were born
2. You crawled around like a monkey in the zoo
3. You turned the heads of all my royalty
4. In lonely woods the jasmine door turned
5. The bees shown bright on the Adrian hives
6. The deep heart of forest trees were sick
7. You had powers received from the heavenly gods
8. You were dressed of flowers at the Hellenic Gate
9. All citizens on your birthday dined on wine
10. You captured the Bowling Race Trophy
11. You out spared the Seven Gate Guard men
12. You trained a wild big black Arabian stallion
13. Aristotle the greatest mind of his time
14. Your new teacher was courting you
15. I noticed your taste for the unforeseen
16. The love you’ve gave your horse I savored
17. You dreamed of being King of a world empire
18. We fought together side by side as was tradition
19. You ruled my kingdom after I was murdered by rivals
20. In my replacement you ruled with conviction.
21. My death caused conquered kingdoms to rebel
22. But from that year forward they all conceded
23. The Persian Empire King Darius III, you killed
24. The Gordian Solution listed your contribution to history
25. King of Macedon you took down rivals
26. You conquered India filling your dreams
27. You developed mechanical machines of death
28. You invented catapults, which hurled fifty pound stones
29. And large arrows and burning balls of fire
30. You whipped the Persians and Huns again
31. What next to do when suddenly free were you?
32. You died before being thirtythree.
33. My son is number one.
