Revenge Is Sweet
REVENGE IS SWEET
Once upon a time
almost toothless
The hunchback hag picked
~ a juicy red apple ~
With malicious intent
Toward her stepdaughter foe
The sinful fruit
~ perfectly round ~
Like her snow white face
The mirror mocks
The wrinkled old witch
As she removes the core
~ the apple’s heart ~
Her oar-like spoon
Spurs on the arsenic solvent
~ just right ~
unaffected she sips
licking her lips
She fills up the dropper
~ the mirror shatters ~
The hag’s clinched her fate
~ the mirror darkens ~
The dropper invades
The beauteous orb
~ no longer cherry red ~
Innocence lost
She grows darker still
Wrapping her figure
In a stygian cape
What does sin smell like?
It is subtle like sweet sweat
Tucked into body folds
Of a seemingly
~ helpless old lady ~
The raven leans upon her crooked cane
~ kindly knocks ~
she hears the whistled tune
Of spirited youth
Maintains her composure
She presents her voice
With a charming shake
~ Serpentine ~
Dancing flute-like
Into the innocent girl’s eyes
The girl thought it strange
At the slap of her hand
When she attempted to choose
The reddest fruit
Convincing - this charmer
~ choose this one ~
~ take a bite ~
Bitterness
Tied her tongue
Closed her eyes
Folded her legs
The witch threw her cape
Over her head
Cackled
Thinking herself the most beautiful
But the crimson red
Of the supposedly dead
Would soon be kissed
~ resuscitated ~
By a wandering prince
They were all the rage
In the day
Roaming the wood
Looking for damsels
~ In distress ~
The wrinkled face
Of the honest mirror
~ repaired ~
A pretty lady holds court
“I ask thee mirror,
Who is the most beautiful
In all the kingdom?”
“Dame, your heart is dark”
Taps foot
~ impatient ~
“Mirror!”
The mirror chuckles
“Red lips most kind,
Have been revived!
Snow White lives
Lovely as ever!”
Her scream shatters
All the palace’s windows
Her stomp
Sends her
Straight to hell
~ And yes for most
There is a happily ever after ~
1/26/2017
Copyright © Kim Rodrigues | Year Posted 2017
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