There’s nothing wrong
naming a newborn
Prince George Alexander Louis.
If tradition prevails,
it would be sixty-five years –
perhaps more –
before he becomes
King George the VII.
Long after most of us
are gone.
To better connect
with his subjects to be,
and to reflect
the true mosaic
of his future kingdom,
Prince George Mohammed Raj
might have been
a better choice.
(Editor’s note: Poet Shai Ben-Shalom, an Israeli-born biologist, recently published his first collection of poems Martians Among Us with In/Words Press)
