
the prince could not forget her
he searched
and searched

cinderella smitten
moody and dreamy
thought about nothing else
fortunately her friends
the blue birds tweeted
her a reality check
the palace is no picnic
glass slippers come at a price
your freedom will be lost forever
we will introduce the prince
to your cousin rapunzel
she is more accustomed
to living in an ivory tower
ever since her parents
stole the witch's radishes
so the bluebirds persuaded
the prince to go for a wander
by rapunzel's tower
climbing up rapunzel's beautiful tresses
the inevitable happened and
we all know how the story ends
to cheer herself up
cinderella bought a pea green boat
with a cute sailor called four eyes
they sailed away for a year and a day
to the land where the bong trees grow

ate slivers of quince
pastry fruit mince
had jars of honey
plenty of money
and sang to a small guitar
last she heard of the prince
he was stumbling about blind
in the desert

cinderella was a very nice girl so
she didn't LOL ( publicly )
rapunzel's parents
never ate radishes again either
I loved the humorous progression of this poem; and I do agree that life in the palace would be no picnic. Smiles!
ReplyDeleteWhat a twist of fate. Good or bad can be gauged from the underlying intentions to start from. Great thoughts Cressida!
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glass slippers come at a price - very true... I LOL'd at the prince blind in the desert...
ReplyDeletefun write :)
And in the end women can find joy without a prince .. Emancipation is great
ReplyDeleteI like your story much better than the original. :)
ReplyDeleteThought you would like this one!
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* chuckles*
Such an lively and happy writing, absolutely enjoyed your poem and how you progressed this.
ReplyDeleteThanks for joining my prompt.
love the twist in the tale...:)
ReplyDeleteWonderfully humorous and sarcastic retelling of the fairy tales - you go, Cinderella! (And I love that final line about Rapunzel's parents...)
ReplyDeleteSo hilarious! Love your version better than the originals by far!
ReplyDeleteHa-ha.. reminds me of Mark Twain and the quote that goes about saying life is stranger than fiction as it doesn't have to make sense...
ReplyDeleteThis is the way real fairy tales usually end..
in the last place expected .. but still we make them make sense!
and maybe they do.. as life is funny like that too!
And i loved the way you used photos to illustrate your ideas.. i am definitely
a picture person too! as i love imagery of poetry 3 or 5 or 200 photos long..!
200 photos is 200,000 words for me.. but my mind stores energy and jets the images
forward! ;)
Ha. Cinderella sure made a good choice. But poor Rapunzel. Oh well, that's life.
ReplyDeleteI love it! And for some reason, the blind prince reminds me of Martin Landau, so I read the last few lines with the theme of "Space 1999" going through my head. Nice!
ReplyDeleteGiggles!
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