Modern Fairy Tale - Nc16 Poem by Tentative Poet

Modern Fairy Tale - Nc16



Living happily ever after became such a chore.
Their faces stiffened from all that smiling.
Gray clouds chased away blue skies, and
It rained so often they couldn't take walks
In the enchanted forest.

At least they didn't have to talk to the wolf,
Who only had one thing on its mind,
Being obsessed with a particular-colored clothing,
And such an old-fashioned one at that,
Seems somewhat discomfiting to them.

Soon the gingerbread house began to moulder
Under all that humidity, and there was a smell about.
Stuffing themselves with pieces of furniture
And fittings soon lost its novelty.
They were yearning for some real food.

The Three Little Pigs moved away.
They were running out of houses.
The Big Bad Wolf went to work for the Crooked Man,
Learnt how to operate heavy machinery,
Came around with a tractor and chains.

A few days later, Mary came to the door, looking distraught.
'Lost your lambs again? ' they asked cheerfully, and
She began to sob. No, not that, she met Georgie Porgie
Outside the pieman's, where Simple Simon now works
Behind the counter, and he bought her a pie.

So she went with him down the lane to share it,
Whereupon he grabbed her and kissed her,
And even tried to put his hand under her frilly skirt,
Where she wouldn't let him.
'Oh, and it was horrid what he did with his tongue! '

'There, there, ' Jill said. 'Whatever happened
To you and Little Boy Blue? '
'Oh, all he does is sleep, if he wasn't getting
All teary-eyed and crying about almost anything,
And he was always shedding hay all over the place! '

'Why don't you come in and rest your feet? ' Jack said,
Not bothering to check with Jill, who glared.
'Why don't you serve up some of that delicious omelette? ' he said to Jill.
Turning to Mary, he explained, 'You see, Humpty Dumpty came to visit.
He, eh, tripped over the threshold.'

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