The Princess Fraud

There was once a prince who longed for a bride

But women without royal blood were denied

Knock, knock, at his door, a princess was there

She was caught in a storm that had given her a scare

The poor girl was soaked and looked like a mess

And still she swore that she was a real princess

The prince and his parents were not convinced of her breed

So they gave her a test in which only the genuine would succeed

If she passed, then the prince would ask for her hand

If not, she would be kept as a servant in their land

But the princess was unaware of their dubiety

And continued to enter her chambers happily

She was in fact a penniless charlatan

Who would charm her way into the prince’s bullion

Inside she was shocked to see a colossal tower

Of twenty mattresses stacked on one another

The young girl had a considerable fear of heights

So she pulled out the mattress at the bottom with all her might

With intention to sleep soundly on the floor that night

But with it came a chocolate covered espresso bean

And our hungry pauper could not resist the sweet caffeine

She could no longer sleep with so much energy

Instead she tossed and turn, feeling antsy

Before the sun rose, she put back the mattress

So the prince would not know of her silly distress

She did not know the bean was his test

Because true princesses would feel it and not rest

The prince came to the room and asked the princess how she slept

And upon hearing she could not, he joyously wept

He knelt on his knees and grandly proposed to the shammer

To which she said yes and lived happily ever after