I really don't like doing this "dot dot dot" thing, but this works so much better with the indentations. Thinking of adding another stanza to square things off...

A Royal Welcome


Have I indulged unseemly
................In feasts of blushing terror?
................................Apples shining on the cheeks of
................Abdicated dignity
For, here in my confinement
................There is no sash to tear
................................No grappling with the robed façade
................Nor powdering of hair


A fool, I’ve trebled troubles
................For want of trophied shoulders
................................Not mantling a violet heart
................Nor, violent flowers of fervor
But, damascened refinement
................A silent, silken weave
................................No burden of simplicity
................Upon the sterling sleeve


Do diamonds rain from tear ducts?
................Do roses reign the core?
................................Is Venus deigned the precious pearl
................Of adoration’s smile?
For, I have never mined them
................Nor, boasted their décor
................................Nor, do they shower upon the shroud
................Of death’s unlittered shore

Fairy stories in the penny arcade.
You bought my love and I paid.