Dec 2016
So do we have a deal?
Little Red ran into the woods
with a hunter on her heels
She stopped in a flower field
of poppies blood red as her cape
a field meant to ensnare her there
eternally asleep by the time the hunter appeared
but the wolf stumbled upon her
and though aloof, no monster, saved her
so they ran and they ran
until realizing both were lost
and Red had forgotten to leave a trail of crumbs
They wandered until they found grandmother's house
a candy cottage, sickly sweet
the scent carried by the hunter himself
But they're tired so they go in anyway
unsurprisingly trapped, must fight their way out,
push the demons back to the fire where they belong
Except then Red's sent to the tower
to think about what she's done
because you can't push grandmother into an oven
Her hair isn't long enough to climb
so now they're stuck, one inside, one outside
The wolf will trade his soul for magic beans
and grow a stalk to climb, to reach
but Red's already tried her hand at jumping
she calculated for the tree
that the hunter chopped down right as she pushed off
Doomed to fall,
Still the wolf reaches out to catch
so they both come tumbling down
cracking her princess crown
They will fall, they will fall
through the ground, into the rabbit hole
and they will land
in a land of pure imagination unknown
It will be almost dark there,
under the weeping willow where they now stand
Red will hold out the shattered pieces of her crown
'What have I done?'
She will ask
He will look away
'I shouldn't have come here.'
They stand in battered armor, gleaming in the last shreds of light
'I'm sorry I made you fight'
Red sighs, the wolf shrugs
'A deal's a deal'
'Of course' she nods
So what was her end of the deal?
Little Red ran into the woods
with a hunter on her heels
She stopped in a flower field
of poppies blood red as her cape
a field meant to ensnare her there
eternally asleep by the time the hunter appeared
but the wolf stumbled upon her
and though aloof, no monster, saved her
so they ran and they ran
until realizing both were lost
and Red had forgotten to leave a trail of crumbs
They wandered until they found grandmother's house
a candy cottage, sickly sweet
the scent carried by the hunter himself
But they're tired so they go in anyway
unsurprisingly trapped, must fight their way out,
push the demons back to the fire where they belong
Except then Red's sent to the tower
to think about what she's done
because you can't push grandmother into an oven
Her hair isn't long enough to climb
so now they're stuck, one inside, one outside
The wolf will trade his soul for magic beans
and grow a stalk to climb, to reach
but Red's already tried her hand at jumping
she calculated for the tree
that the hunter chopped down right as she pushed off
Doomed to fall,
Still the wolf reaches out to catch
so they both come tumbling down
cracking her princess crown
They will fall, they will fall
through the ground, into the rabbit hole
and they will land
in a land of pure imagination unknown
It will be almost dark there,
under the weeping willow where they now stand
Red will hold out the shattered pieces of her crown
'What have I done?'
She will ask
He will look away
'I shouldn't have come here.'
They stand in battered armor, gleaming in the last shreds of light
'I'm sorry I made you fight'
Red sighs, the wolf shrugs
'A deal's a deal'
'Of course' she nods
So what was her end of the deal?
sort of a response to Wordfreak (Backlash), sort of just twisted fairy tales
(Earth)
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