Ever-after wishing
for magical
transformations, and
one to follow
closely, by the book,
she rolls lace sleeves,
plunging icy hands
into pond's brown
murk, with a talent
for fetching out.
Finger-wrapped, fearing
pursed leather lips,
her slime-green captive
gives squirmy croak:
"What would a frog want
to do with you?"
— Francis Scudellari
This poem is a "fractured fairy tale" inspired by a spam email I received with the subject line of "What would a frog want with you?"
2 comments:
Great work. Am really into topsy-turving fairytales myself at the moment.
@Maxine I'd like to do more of them. A lot of the tales need a resetting into a modern context.
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