once upon
a time
in a land
where
callow men
romped among
breast shaped
clouds,
there lived
a peregrine
prince,
who spent
his days
gadding around
marshmallow
storm clouds
and garish
rainbow ends.
then one day,
he met
a princess
who got him
to promise
flying her
to a winged
life of endless
ball.
but on his way
to pick her up,
his boots,
heavy
and cloggy,
got entangled
in a twisted
mass of dreams
stringier than
a virgin
mother's milk.
and all through
the rest
of her days,
the princess
eked out
a pauper's life,
crooning dirges
to every
other man,
commoner,
royal,
who dared
to promise
rocketing her up
again
toward
the dusty stars.
