NRA’s Take on Classic Tale (Taken Back) (April Poem 5)
NRA’s Take on Classic Tale (Taken Back)
So, little blonde, packing heat, but no supplies,
stumbles onto unlocked house,
warm leftovers, seemingly
spare bed, until owners, proponents of the right
to arm bears, show,
and, as her yawn
exposes holster,
shoot her.
Blondie expires (despite
blondeness), but Mama B.’s caught too
in crossfire; Baby and Papa
turning to drink, meth,
after.
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5th poem (in just 55 words) for April National Poetry Month–this for the wonderful Kerry O’Connor’s prompt on Real Toads to write a 55 word poem, also thinking of a classic. The pic is a recycled one of mine–
As a process note, the U.S. National Rifle Association (the “NRA”) has recently released a revised book of Grimms’ fairy tales, with various characters, such as Little Red Ridinghood, now armed.
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April 3, 2016 at 11:54 am
Yep! This says a whole lot in 55 words. Best you don’t get me started.
Thanks for this powerful piece, Karin.
April 3, 2016 at 3:27 pm
There is nothing I love more than a fractured fairy tale. 😉
Love this: “to arm bears” heehee
April 3, 2016 at 6:07 pm
A fanciful write. Thank for the note about the new versions of Grimm’s tales
Much love…
April 3, 2016 at 6:42 pm
I love both picture and poem – and particularly the right to arm bears! (A pity this object lesson is not more widely understood.)
April 3, 2016 at 6:53 pm
Ha. Thanks, Rosemary. (I can’t take credit for that, as I have seen it before–not in the context of goldilocks, but on a t-shirt.) k.
April 3, 2016 at 10:29 pm
The modern Goldilocks has a tinge of Little Red Riding Hood also as not all was well at all. I also wrote of a gun today, a toy.
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April 3, 2016 at 11:55 pm
dayum! that’s as dark as the original Grimm… ~
April 4, 2016 at 7:30 am
Now that’s an American classic. Brilliant social commentary.
April 4, 2016 at 9:18 am
Oh good lord. No more walks in the woods!
April 4, 2016 at 11:30 pm
Oh my..This is an American Tale written down home violent style. I can’t stand the NRA.
April 7, 2016 at 3:44 am
Violence darkens this whole fantasy quite dramatically. Like a fractured childhood, fractured inocence.