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The Fairy Tale You Thought You Wanted
A Poem
the doves flew away from their cages
before you had even kissed the prince,
and all his attention was for the camera
that caught his every best angle clear.
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the DJ killed the dance floor right away
and blamed it on the prince’s playlist
which made Sleeping Beauty snore anew —
another thing for the tabloids in the morning.
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the glass shoes pinched your feet at the toes
while the prince drank the champagne deep
till he was smiling sloppily every which way
while you fumed beside him, your tiara askew.
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the wedding suite would have been lovely
except you were allergic to the rose petals
which adorned every surface of the room,
causing you to erupt in a bright pink rash.
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yet the clincher was the prince’s snoring —
because of course he fell asleep too soon —
