What if Cinderella had an attitude problem
and Snow White just liked the idea
of strangers and poisons too much?What if the Little Mermaid always enjoyed human company
more than her own kind's and Sleeping Beauty
just liked her solitude more than human touch?What if the only rabbit hole Alice ever fell down was
a terrible mistake with an awful substance,
never discussed as such?What if they locked Wendy away
for hallucinating about Neverland
and a boy who never grew up?What if fairytales aren't as innocent
as they sound and even princesses
aren't perfect?What if I told you that your damage
doesn't define you and the way you survive
is no one else's damned business?
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Le Quatrième Pentamètre
Poesíajournal. This happened this evening. I spent the last 18 months deep in thought. What sort of book did people want? A memoir? A how-to? A digital book? A print book? What sort of font? What sort of line spacing and margins and... And for 18 months...