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Urban Fairy Tale MAG

March 16, 2015
By ErinSprocket SILVER, South Orange, New Jersey
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Our fairies don’t have wings
but they are brightly colored.
Their neon bodies camouflage
with graffiti and construction cones.
They have teeth like rusted metal
and they’re not afraid to use them.
Our unicorns live in public parks
stone flanks speckled with pigeon scat
horns weathered away to worthless stumps
in the absence of purity.
Our kings wear three-piece suits and carry briefcases
spot a noblewoman by her skinny jeans and skinny latte
our evil wizards are often indistinguishable
from knights in T-shirts and denim.
Lost princesses slip through the streets unseen
wearing cracked rainboots
instead of glass slippers.

© Winston C., Jamaica Plain, MA

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Spent a fun rainy afternoon writing this. Keep a lookout for those lost princesses. 

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Isabella Sheptak said...
on Sep. 4 2015 at 11:36 pm
Isabella Sheptak, Beaumont, Other
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this was really great! I fell in love with the last line!
DarkeRose13 BRONZE said...
on Aug. 27 2015 at 8:03 pm
DarkeRose13 BRONZE, Toogoolawah, Other
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love it you should make more like this.
SkippyPeanutbutter SILVER said...
on Aug. 27 2015 at 3:05 pm
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I absolutely love this!
JRaye PLATINUM said...
on Mar. 23 2015 at 6:26 pm
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Wow...I love everything about this, I felt like I was there as you wrote this on said fun rainy afternoon - it's just so gritty and real and beautiful and fantastical and I LOVE it! :):):)
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This is really new and interesting, I'm glad it got the Editor's choice award.