Not A Child In Sight

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A stitch past nine on borrowed time
memories rushing back
The Wolf is feasting in Grandma’s bed
Red Riding Hood a snack

A Cow gets ready to jump again
but the moon drops from the sky
Humpty Dumpty on the floor
Tweedle-dum starts to cry

A candle burns for Jack’s last jump
his waiting funeral pyre
The Stepmother screams, Cinderella hides
her daughter’s dress on fire

Little Jack Horner abandons his corner
curds harden and whey runs aground
With Mother Goose fleeing — the Grimm Brothers die
not a child in sight to be found

(Villanova Pennsylvania: April, 2017)