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| Un-Fair-y Tale By Alfie Numeric |
A little email sent to me by my progressive, Chicana, east los angeles
poetessa/co-worker soooo Ms. Consuelo sent me a little fairy tale...
This is the fairy tale that should have been read to all girls when they were little!
Once upon a time
in a land far away,
a beautiful, independent,
self-assured princess
happened upon a frog as she sat
contemplating ecological issues
on the shores of an unpolluted pond
in a verdant meadow near her castle.
The frog hopped into the princess' lap
and said: " Elegant Lady,
I was once a handsome prince,
until an evil witch cast a spell upon me.
One kiss from you, however,
and I will turn back
into the dapper, young prince that I am
and then, my sweet, we can marry
and set up housekeeping in your castle
with my mother,
where you can prepare my meals,
clean my clothes, bear my children,
and forever feel
grateful and happy doing so. "
That night,
as the princess dined sumptuously
on lightly sautéed frog legs
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seasoned in a white wine
and onion cream sauce,
she chuckled and thought to herself:
I don't freakin think so.
poetessa/co-worker soooo Ms. Consuelo sent me a little fairy tale...
This is the fairy tale that should have been read to all girls when they were little!
Once upon a time
in a land far away,
a beautiful, independent,
self-assured princess
happened upon a frog as she sat
contemplating ecological issues
on the shores of an unpolluted pond
in a verdant meadow near her castle.
The frog hopped into the princess' lap
and said: " Elegant Lady,
I was once a handsome prince,
until an evil witch cast a spell upon me.
One kiss from you, however,
and I will turn back
into the dapper, young prince that I am
and then, my sweet, we can marry
and set up housekeeping in your castle
with my mother,
where you can prepare my meals,
clean my clothes, bear my children,
and forever feel
grateful and happy doing so. "
That night,
as the princess dined sumptuously
on lightly sautéed frog legs
~
seasoned in a white wine
and onion cream sauce,
she chuckled and thought to herself:
I don't freakin think so.
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