Forcing Cinderella
i spent 100 consecutive days
grunting huffing straining
to force my hefty toes into those tiny little cinderella slippers
lathered them up
with crisco
smothered and covered them
with vaseline
made my friend ride me piggy back
while i jumped up and down
hoping gravity and double-pressure
might do the trick
when that didn't work
i resorted to hammer and chisel
hacking away pieces
for that cozy cushy fit
but despite the
sweat
tears
heave
ho
push
pull
tug
that little glass slipper
didn't want to budge
it took a whole lot of blisters
and even more bruises
to figure out
that maybe
just maybe
i wasn't quite the little cinderella
i thought i was
Awesome!
by thunderberry over 2 years ago