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If I Were Queen

Mar 16, 2018
by Caroline Miller
Donald Trump, Giles Fraser, human ego, Queen Elizabeth II, Thank God for the Queen, the need for God
8 Comments

Chatting over coffee, a friend told a joke that not only made me laugh, but also made me think:  “Donald Trump dies and finds God peering down at him from his golden throne.  ‘Well Donald,’ God asks in a booming voice.  ‘What have you to say for yourself?’  Trump doesn’t hesitate  ‘You’re in my chair,’ he booms back.”

My laughter was enough to startle those around me, forcing their gaze to rise from their iPhones. I smiled by way of apology.  But on the way home, I  got to thinking about God.  I hasten to remind my readers  I’m an atheist, one more comfortable with proof than belief.  Nonetheless, God’s popularity throughout human history is evidence that people need their faith.  A deity of one’s own seems to confer a purpose upon existence, a powerful aphrodisiac, I do admit 

Donald Trump, a mere mortal, could never confer such importance upon any individual. But Giles Fraser, a London parish priest, thinks there is one who can. England’s Queen, Elizabeth II. He points out that on public occasions, despite the arguments of anti-Monarchists, British people of all backgrounds and political persuasions stand and raise their voices in an affectionate round of “God Save the Queen.”  Behavior like this, he points out “would never be directed at an elected official.” (“Thank God we have the queen,” by Giles Fraser, reprint from The Guardian in The Week, December 2, 2016, pg. 14.)

Doubtless, this parish priest is right.  I can’t imagine singing a hymn of praise to Donald Trump or even Nancy Pelosi. I might bend a knee to Hillary, but that idea has been rejected among the many. So, what are we to do if America is without a unifying symbol?

Would it seem immodest if I proffered myself?  I’ve always fancied  a crown. In fact, I have friends – and here I use the term ‘friends’ loosely– who tell me I behave as if I wore one.

Well, why be shy?  My new president isn’t modest.   “Every person has a very large ego,” he says.  “Mother Teresa. Jesus Christ. Far greater egos than you will ever understand.”— Playboy, 1990  So, why should I quarrel with his assessment regarding vanity, he being the world’s expert on the subject?

(First published 1/27/17)

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  1. Janet January 27, 2017 at 2:37 pm Reply
    Well said! And we need any chuckle we can get these days! I am trying to understand if all of the Trump supporters really support his most recent actions he has taken this week. It is not "alternative" news when he puts his plans into writing. Personal freedoms are being reduced. It is a real true fact!
    • Caroline Miller January 27, 2017 at 2:45 pm Reply
      What's "factier" is his supporters wouldn't have supported him if they'd gotten past their anger and really listened to what he was doing and saying.
  2. Betsy January 27, 2017 at 6:55 pm Reply
    You'll always be a queen to me!
    • Caroline Miller January 28, 2017 at 7:53 am Reply
      Oh dear. Now I shall have to shop for a tiara.
  3. Christine Webb September 2, 2017 at 9:16 am Reply
    And I, most content to be an attendant lord... :)
    • Caroline Miller September 3, 2017 at 8:30 am Reply
      If we were honest with ourselves, an attendant lord is what we all are.
  4. John Briggs March 16, 2018 at 12:53 pm Reply
    Perhaps the second verse of God Save the Queen can be adapted to this new purpose with a new first and last line: When faced with our demise, Scatter her enemies, And make them fall. Confound their politics, Frustrate their knavish tricks, On thee our hopes we fix: Caroline the Queen.
    • Caroline Miller March 16, 2018 at 3:05 pm Reply
      My goodness, I don't believe I've ever been memorialized in literature much less an epic like God Save the Queen! I like it!.

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Portland, Oregon author Caroline Miller had distinguished careers as an educator, union president, elected official and artist/advocate.

Her play, Woman on the Scarlet Beast, was performed at the Post5 Theatre, Portland, OR, January/February 2015

Caroline published a serialized novelette, Marie Eau-Claire, on the website, The Colored Lens.  She also published the story Gustav Pavel,  a parable about ordinary lives, choice and alternate potential, on the website Fixional.co.

Caroline has published four novels

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