11-04-2022, 07:17 PM
(This post was last modified: 11-04-2022, 07:23 PM by RiverNotch.)
Aschenputtel
They look like dirt, those stains
on slippers barely worn
and barely washed when, promptly post-"I do",
the princess took them off, threw them aside---she never liked
their fit.
Meanwhile, the prince insists
there's nothing like a bit of blood
to consecrate a courtship,
"to make it interesting".
So this is the reward she gets? Yes, they'd locked her in that day: how can she forget
first her anger then her sadness
then the silence that took over
as their mother, their dear mother,
pulled the carver from the drawer---
They look like dirt, those stains
on slippers barely worn
and barely washed when, promptly post-"I do",
the princess took them off, threw them aside---she never liked
their fit.
Meanwhile, the prince insists
there's nothing like a bit of blood
to consecrate a courtship,
"to make it interesting".
So this is the reward she gets? Yes, they'd locked her in that day: how can she forget
first her anger then her sadness
then the silence that took over
as their mother, their dear mother,
pulled the carver from the drawer---