A silver fish with boots of brass
Spins riddles through  a looking-glass.
He claimed, "The Queen is just her chair—
She speaks of thrones, but isn’t there ?"

The scarecrows dance with waxen eyes,
Stuffed full of truths and honeyed lies.
He wept, "I’m justice, blind and mute,
And played  "the trial" like those  astute
The moon wore chains of  wishes thread,
Whispering, "Love is always, never dead."
But stars in jars blinked thrice and spoke,
"She sleeps in words and wakes in smoke."

A book with legs ran down the street,
Its pages cursed in ancient bleat:
"Each tale’s a mask you wear too long,
'Til you forget it isn’t wrong."

Then came the wind with courtroom jape
He blew away their paper roots, and mouths agape
Declared, “Allegory’s a thief—
It steals your shape and sells you grief.”

And just like that, the world stood bare
No fish, no Queen, no scented air.
Yet in the dirt, a scribbled note:
"Truth wears costume. Read the wrote."