Not A Child In Sight

A stitch past nine on borrowed time

memories rushing back

The Wolf is feasting in Grandma’s bed

Red Riding Hood a snack

 

A Cow gets ready to jump again

but the moon drops from the sky

Humpty Dumpty on the floor

Tweedle-dum starts to cry

 

A candle burns for Jack’s last jump

his waiting funeral pyre

The Stepmother screams, Cinderella hides

her daughter’s dress on fire

 

Little Jack Horner abandons his corner

curds harden and whey runs aground

With Mother Goose fleeing — the Grimm Brothers die

not a child in sight to be found

 

(Villanova Pennsylvania: April, 2017)

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