Mirror, Mirror Poem by Tsunami HiroshiSu

Mirror, Mirror



Mirror, Mirror
On the wall
Who is the fairest one of all?

You my Queen
Are fairest of all

And this was the response the Magic Mirror
Gave the Queen
Every time she posed this question

But soon the Queen's daughter reached age seven
And she
With snow-white skin
Blood-red lips
And ebony-black hair
Was beautiful beyond measure

Mirror, Mirror
On the wall
Who is the fairest one of all?

You my Queen
Are fair, ‘tis true
But Snow White
Is fairer still
Than you

This answer angered the Queen's shallow heart
And she was turned green with envy
And as Snow White grew older
She only grew more beautiful

Finally the Queen called her faithful huntsman to her side
And ordered him to murder the princess
And bring back her lungs and liver
As proof of the deed

He took the princess into the forest
But her beauty and kindness
Stayed his hand
And his knife found instead
A boar whose liver and lungs
The Queen received and ate

And again the Queen asked

Mirror, Mirror
On the wall
Who is the fairest one of all?

You my Queen
Are fair, ‘tis true.
But Snow White
Beyond the seven mountains
Is fairer still
Than you

And anger filled the Queen once more

Snow White fled through the woods
Over stones and thorns
As animals chased her
And the forest came alive with ominous noises

But then she came upon a little house
The table set for seven
Seven beds against the wall
But the house was empty and
Snow White fell asleep in the seventh bed

The dwarves soon returned from the mines
To find the most beautiful girl asleep
In their beds

They allowed her to stay
For they wished to protect her
They cautioned her against letting in strangers
For they knew that the Queen still wanted her

The next day they went off to work
And Snow White stayed home
An old peddler woman came to her door
And thinking she was harmless
Snow White let her in
But she was the Queen in disguise

She sold Snow White a corset
And laced it up for her
She laced it so tight that
The poor girl couldn't breath
And cackling the Queen departed

The dwarves found her and cut open the laces
And Snow White gasped and breathed
Once more

Mirror, Mirror
On the wall
Who is the fairest one of all?

My Queen, you
Are fair ‘tis true
But Snow White
With the seven dwarves
Is one thousand times
Fairer than you

So the Queen devised a new plan to kill her daughter

Snow White was alone again
While the dwarves were at the mine
And a new lady came past selling combs
The comb was so beautiful that Snow White
Agreed to let the woman comb her hair with it
No sooner had the tines touched her hair
Than the poison killed her
And down she fell

Once More

Mirror, Mirror
On the Wall
Who is the fairest one of all?

You, my Queen
Are fair, ‘tis true
But Snow White
Is fairer still than you

And this time her anger was unequivocal
For the dwarves found her and pulled the comb from her ebony hair
And she came back to life

One more time a peddler came to Snow White's door
She held out the reddest fullest apple
And Snow White could not resist
And the moment her teeth pierced the perfect skin
She fell dead upon the floor

Mirror, Mirror
On the wall
Who is the fairest of them all?

You my Queen
Are fairest of them all

And the Queen was satisfied

The dwarves fell upon Snow White
They tried to save her but to no avail
So they built a coffin of glass
And her beauty emanated like a glow in the forest
She lay as though sleeping for a long, long time

Until by chance
A prince rode by and
Taken by her beauty
He lifted her from the coffin
The apple fell from her mouth and she awoke
To everyone's amazement
She and the prince were married

And because she was so kind
Snow White invited her wicked mother to the wedding

Mirror, Mirror
On the Wall
Who is the fairest of them all?

You my Queen
Are fair, ‘tis true
But the young Queen
Is fairer far than you

The Queen seethed and decided to attend this wedding
To see her competitor
When she arrived
The angry dwarves captured her and forced her to dance
In shoes made of iron, heated on the coals
And she danced until she fell to ashes


**Inspired by Snow White by the Brothers Grimm

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Tsunami HiroshiSu

Tsunami HiroshiSu

Fort Collins, Colorado
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