Thoughts on Happily-Ever-After

Happy-Ever-After?          by M. Meuzelaar

Cinderella

When reality hit

she was found unfit

for the station in life she had reached.

Though her prince loved her well,

history will tell

she's the first queen they ever impeached.

Little Red Riding Hood

Little Red

took to bed,

paranoid for the rest of her life;

So full of fear

that a wolf was near,

that she slept with a serrated knife.

Jack and the Beanstalk

Did Jack repent

every cent he spent

and regret his financial success?

He's on the run

now he's had his fun

pursued by the IRS.

Sleeping Beauty

Can a kiss awake

a big mistake;

and a life of misery begin?

With marriage a mess,

you'd think he would guess,

some princesses like to sleep in.

Goldilocks and the Three Bears

These Victims of Crime

lost no time

and justice was swift in the making.

Soon under arrest

was the golden haired pest;

The charges were "Entering and Breaking."