'Porcelain Doll 06/11/09 Poem by Margaret Alice

General-clothespress-inspector-head-super-
intendent Goatslegs asked to wed a charming
porcelain Shepherdess with golden cloak

A porcelain Chimney Sweep of the same fragile
porcelain promised eternal love; the porcelain
grandpa nodded yes to the General who

Already kept eleven wives in a dark cupboard, the
Shepherdess eloped with her Chimney Sweep
saw the wide world for the first time

Overcome, begged to return home, back they went
broken grandpa fixed with glue, could no longer nod
to the General; the lovers together forever

A charming tale, I shall be the porcelain doll, you will
be my beloved Chimney Sweep, together we shall
hide from everyone

When we return - all obstacles will be gone!

“Andersen’s Fairy Tales”, Macmillan,1966