Alex Nelson Poet Free verse

There Goes the Looking Glass

THERE GOES THE LOOKING GLASS
Ae. Nelson
There goes the looking glass
It's shattered and yet serene
The queen's out of business 
The dwarves look really mean
There's snowy and a mountain
Yet the ride was really long
The apple and the eye drops 
Were in tears that said belong
The house was simply empty
With no wolf, no cubs and bare
With grandma in the oven and
The twin kids are always there 
A garden has a no one all alone
The live and love was never distant
With crystal balls and constant calls
Always near and closer to a phone
A goose was gone by morning
And the eggs were in the fry
Yet gold and glean glistened 
With an always simply in a try
Then the story turns to ashes
Yet a magic steals the shown
In a queen who saw a vision
Of just two or three to know
So a capture for the moment 
Is in a picture that's not a tale
In a fable that was not so funny
In an ending of a happy or a well
Yet it's jack be quick who listens
With all the candles and no flame
Simply for the reason in a many
Yet really just two or three to name

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Jenna Logan January 11, 2021 at 4:01 AM This is a wonderful incorporation of nursery rhymes and what would happen if Alice's looking glass were shattered. It kind of feels like what's taking place in the world. Story time has never been so sad.