In progress . . .
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1)
He was my
(un) fair*y*tale.
2)
Careful,
Little Red.
Don’t let them
puppy-dog eyes
fool ya.
–If you lie down with dogs, you’ll get fleas
3)
You’ve been
hoodwinked,
bitch.
–Little Red’s Revenge
4)
Fairytale
Fairytal
Fairyta
Fairyt
Fairy
Fair
Fai
Fa
F
Fa
Fac
Faca
Facad
Facade
5)
Little Bo Peep,
ya careless thing–
first you lost your sheep
and then your lover.
6)
She:
The princess
that feasts.
I:
The pauper
inhaling bread crumbs.
–The difference between a friend and a lover
7)
Not even
all the king’s horses
and all the king’s men
were even enough
to mend her broken heart.
8)
Fall in love with the dragon
and get burned,
sweetheart.
–Fire & Brimstone
9)
She huffed
and she puffed,
and she blew up his phone
(among other things…)
–The Big, Bad Lover
10)
The three of us,
each in love with
(and broken by)
the same ̶m̶a̶n̶
boy.
–Sisters Grim
11)
Mother Goose warned me
about boys like you.
And, had I listened,
perhaps I could have
spared myself the
b r o k e n heart.
12)
Ashes,
ashes,
the girl falls ̶d̶o̶w̶n̶
in love.
–Out of the frying pan, into the fire
13)
He’s stolen away
her magic.
–Margaret Keane
14)
Him:
the a p p l e of her eye
———- ↓
Poison
–An ode to Snow White
15)
The fairies have
f
a
l
l
e
n
***(and so have I)***
16)
From pixie dust
to cinders–
this is what
you have made of me.
–Ella
17)
My prince
My princ
My prin
My pri
My pr
My p
My pr
My pri
My pris
My priso
My p|r|i|s|o|n
18)
A beauty in the streets
& a beast
in the sheets.
19)
She went from
wishing on shooting stars
to cursing the heavens
that had condemned her so.
20)
Who needs a curse
to put you to sleep
when you’ve got vodka?
–I hope I never wake up
21)
Hickory dickory dock,
we are running
out of time.
— 94 days until graduation
22)
Monster
Monste
Monst
Mons
Mon
Mo
M
Me
23)
I’ve a few issues with the
prospect of ‘true love’s kiss’:
a) I have not a true love
to kiss
and
b) Who said I wanted to
wake up in
the first place?
24)
These days,
sleep has less
to do with rest
and more to do
with reminding myself
of what it means
to dream.
25)
Dreaming
Dreamin
Dreami
Dream
Drea
Dre
Dr
D
Di
Dis
Diss
Disso
Dissoc
Dissoci
Dissocia
Dissociat
Dissociate
26)
Someday my prince will come…
Right?
27)
Guess the love potion
never took
(or the poetry, for that matter).
Little Red Riding Hood he-wolf in forest portrait. (n.d.). [image] Available at: http://highendbeautyretouching.com/blog/editing/horror-photography-tips.html [Accessed 19 Mar. 2018].
