On a snow white morning,
I woke up and realized,
once and for all time,
that I was Grumpy!
This truth was quickly confirmed
when I discovered
the decapitated bodies
of six metaphysical midgets
strewn about my one-room house,
their floppy hats covered
rigor mortise erections,
and all their hi-ho smiles
were wiped from their contorted faces—
The raven-haired beauty
slept in someone else’s bed,
dreaming she had escaped
the poison apple.
copyright © 2020 Kenneth P. Gurney
