I'm not a little teapot <br />Simple, short and stout <br />When I get steamed up <br />I don't scream or shout. <br /> <br />I'm not Humpty Dumpty <br />High up on his wall <br />The King's men and horses <br />Will not aid me if I fall. <br /> <br />I'm not Jack or Jill <br />I won't climb that freaking hill <br />To fetch the damn water <br />If death is not my will. <br /> <br />I'm not Little Miss Muffet <br />With her nasty curds and whey <br />One tiny little spider <br />Can't scare me away. <br /> <br />I'm not Little Bo Peep <br />I don't like stupid sheep <br />If they followed me all day, <br />I'd shoot and you would weep. <br /> <br />I'm not a bedtime story <br />There's no sugar in my rhymes <br />My words about as sweet <br />As a hundred thousand limes. <br /> <br />When I prepare a massive feast <br />With pork, mutton, and egg <br />You'll know who killed the creatures <br />And when you hear your children beg, <br /> <br />'We want to hear the happy one! ' <br />No words will come to mind <br />For all the horrors of this world <br />Are all that you will find. <br /> <br />(July 2010)<br /><br />Rafe Chanteloup<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/unfairy-tale/
