or Cinderella
Seriously, Cindy. You pine
for a man who doesn’t recognise you
when you wear a different dress!?
Shallow much, your beau?
His horse is smarter!
Taking the apple from a trusted hand
when you meet in the snow-covered woods.
You can do better Cindy!
Hear me out.
I know your sisters are pests.
And stepmother gives all of us a bad rep,
but you really don’t have to go for the guy!
The one who needs a glass slipper to know you!
The three Hazel nuts!
You could wish for start-up funding,
or a scholarship,
or a train ticket
out of town to somewhere far away.
Excuse my anachronisms.
And make your own family
with people who ken
even when you walk in the dark.
Poetry by Nathalie 