Cinderella’s got a problem
A big problem at that
Cos after all the dancing
Her ankles have grown fat
And when Charming comes calling
Her slipper will not fit
No matter how she tries to raise
Her feet up when she sits
So she’s vexing and she’s worried
Cos her fairy’s not about
To vanish all the puffiness
And answer Cinder’s shouts
And thus she’s dammed by cankles
To spend the rest of days
A slave to nature’s problems
Of oedema’s horrid ways
You’ve heard of Cinderella and
Her stepmother from hell
And the Queen in Snow White’s story
Who sincerely was not swell
And the witch that in the wardrobe
Had a country full of ice
Well have you met the latest one
Who isn’t very nice?
She’s dressed in the apparel
Of evil Disney ‘bitch’
And upsets everybody
With her tongue just like an itch
Or toxic social irritant
Quite ignorant at best
Eclipsing sun most days it seems
A parasitic pest
With lack of true humanity
And absence of what’s kind
Less voiding any empathy
No sugar on her mind
A woman of opinion and
A mouth the size of Mars
Just shame that she cannot be capped
And locked up in a jar
But doubtless as in all good tales
Antagonist will go
For like the rest she’ll have her time
And then as story flows
She’ll meet her end in tune with how
She’s lived and all that hurt
Will hopefully come back and bite
To give her just desserts
If the cap fits then please wear it
Though cautioned as you do
To understand that you will then
Take any blame that’s due
And akin to Cinderella
If slipper fits as well
Whatever mask you might then wear
Such fitting rings the bell
Or in the case of fingerprints
When image matches up
Admit that you were in the frame
And drank from guilt stained cup
For throughout our lives we walking so
Indelibly with tracks
That leave a trail of suggestion
To fill in all the cracks
So be sure to first acknowledge
If you have hidden guilt
For by your words and actions sure
The truth will then be built
And all will then unravel full
Right there before your eyes
Exposing just where you have been
Despite any disguise.
Cinderella fits the glass slipper. From left to right: Jaq, Gus, Suzy, Perla, the Grand Duke, Drizella, Anastasia, Lady Tremaine and Cinderella. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
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