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CotW #63: Take a much-loved Disney story, twist it into an adult, kick-in-the-gut tale. Poetry or Prose. The most eloquent, elegant, entertaining entry, ascertained by Prose, earns $100 and stays atop the Spotlight shelf for six straight days. Feel free to invite friends, distant family, even strange acquaintances to play this challenge with you anonymously. Please use #twistedtales for sharing online. Now lights, camera, fiction.
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wmichelle

Magic Mirror

Magic Mirror on the Wall

Can you see her smile wide

Lips as red as fresh blood

Hair as black as night

Skin as white as ice

Her eyes, lifeless and stale

Through the trees her voice is heard

Shrill and foul it cuts the air

Magic Mirror in my Hand

Reveal to me her plan

Show me where she lies

For against her I must fight

With a magic spell to guide the way

The kingdom's finest at my call

Seven hills of jewels to cross

To the land beyond the seventh fall

Magic Mirror Talk and Sleek

Tell me do you see her

As she commands the beasts of the land

By her hand innocents turn

Feathers of blue stained red

My knights bravely fight

As the deer trample the dead underfoot

Her laugh shakes the night

Magic Mirror by my Side

What can you tell me that I do not see

My kingdom in ruins at her hand

Destruction beyond the horizon

Abandoned by all but you

If you were free

Untethered from my spell

Would you too have forsaken me

Magic Mirror Shattered on the Floor

Did you see the inevitable

Was our fate known by you

Could you see what would one day be

Were you still sentient

Aware and alive

When my heart was taken

My chest torn wide

Magic Mirror Now Hers

Do you remember me

The one who loved you

Who always wanted you near

Do you think of me

When you answer her plea

Fairest in the land

Was never me