CINDERELLA (standard:poetry, 1736 words)
Author: James C. Bernthal	Added: Feb 10 2006	Views/Reads: 4046/2303	Story vote: 0.00 (0 votes)
A new take on the popular fairytale. Told in rhyme. Feedback welcome. Contains very mild and infrequent profanity

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But never were there some for them. 

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Their mother saw this, got malnourished, 

Stressed and said: "She must be punished!" 

"She" of course was Cinderella, 

Who gave her step mum salmonella. 

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The step mum said, "Please sweep the floors." 

Aside: "That's the best job for whores." 

Aloud, though, she said, "You must learn 

"There's a fine line you must discern 

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"Between what's good and what's immoral; 

"I hear you've been up to Balmoral..." 

Cindy said, "You're such a dame! 

"Your punishments are inhumane!" 

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But, grudgingly, her part she played 

By sweeping up the mess she'd made. 

Then the post came, she percepted it, 

And feeling smart she intercepted it. 

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"Well, well well," she said, "Let's see 

"What letters are for step mummy." 

Through the Royal Mail she skimmed, 

And then she saw something.  She grinned. 

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"It seems the Prince of Wales will hold 

"A ball for women young and old, 

"To come and feed him food from pyrex. 

"One will marry His Royal Highness!" 

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Continuing, the letter said: 

"One day the prince will be the Head 

"Of State; a girl will be his Queen. 

"He'll chose you if you're eyes aren't green." 

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Cinderella quickly swore. 

"Just ‘cos I'm a green-eyed whore, 

"I can't marry this rich man, 

"But my blue-eyed sisters can... 

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"And my step mum," said Cinderella. 

"Won't it be fun not to tell ‘er?" 

She tore the envelope in two, 

And said, "I'm off to B and Q." 

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But really she went to Specsavers 

(Who also manufacture Quavers) 

And there she began to flirt. 

She temptingly raised up her skirt. 

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The optician was astute. 

He saw she was a prostitute. 

He tried to give her lots of cheques, 

In order to pay for her sex. 

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But "no" she said.  He couldn't discern 

Quite what she wanted in return. 

She pointed to blue contact lenses, 

And then she said, "I want themses." 

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Then she had her wicked way 

And took the false eyes for her pay. 

Now she needed a posh dress. 

Her current clothes were quite a mess. 

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Meanwhile, cleaning with the hoover 

(Quite a difficult manouver) 

Cinderella's step mum found 

Scraps of letter on the ground. 

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She made the bits coher and read 

Exactly what the letter said. 

"The prince is having a ball!" she snorted 

"Maybe my girls are not thwarted." 

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The grand day came, a ball was held. 

Women came from round the world. 

Step mum and sisters went to the palace. 

Cinderella was drenched in malice. 

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She still hadn't got a frock, 

Only a disgusting smock. 

Now, she felt, was a good time 

To call on godmum Madeline. 

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Madeline was old and airy. 

Actually, she was a fairy 

And nothing got her favour quicker 

Than quantities of gin and liquor. 

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Cinderella gave her much 

And lots and lots of homemade fudge. 

"I've kept my side," she quickly said. 

"Now to the ball I must be led." 

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Her eyes lit up as she declared 

Exactly what she'd like to wear. 

"I want a pair of glitter slippers, 

"And a crop top fit for Jack the Ripper! 

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"That way, with a golden carriage, 

"The prince is sure to give me marriage!" 

She batted both her eyes and grinned, 

Knowing that she'd nearly sinned. 

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"Magic god mum," she then said. 

‘Make my carriage gold and red." 

"Do it yourself, you country bumpkin," 

Said the fairy.  "Here's a pumpkin." 

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Cindy didn't look impressed. 

She grimaced.  "Dear, I know you're stressed, 

"But get a bloody move on, bitch, 

"Make a coach and make me rich." 

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The fairy god mum nearly cried, 

But dutifully she obliged 

And made the pumpkin look all pretty. 

A coach to take her to the city. 

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Cindy rolled up, her dress glistened. 

But, alas, she hadn't  listened 

To her godmother who warned, 

"At 12 o'clock it will reform." 

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Cinderella saw the prince, 

Crossed the dance floor with a mince, 

And began to thrust on him 

Her shapely body – she was slim. 

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But the prince was more inclined 

To go for girls with big behinds. 

He pushed the whore off and advanced 

To ugly sister Anne.  They danced. 

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It was love, love at first sight. 

The prince and Anne danced all the night. 

Cinderella left the palace 

At 1 am, quite full of malice. 

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She stole her stepsister's old car 

And travelled it to places far. 

This meant that Anne had to run. 

She left the party.  "It was fun". 

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"Come back!" cried out the Prince of Wales. 

"You're the best of all females. 

"Yes, my dear, you may be hideous, 

"But your charm is quite insidious." 

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True love was never stronger, 

Nor destined to last much longer 

Than the prince's must have been 

For Anne.  He said, "She'll be my queen!" 

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Anne, I hardly need to mention, 

Wasn't used to such attention. 

Scared, she grabbed at her umbrella, 

And ran back home, to Cinderella. 

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Cindy said: "You ugly tart! 

"Your mum said that I'm not to start, 

"But can't you see I'm broken hearted? 

"You stole my prince and then departed." 

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Adding, "I stole your car, alright, 

"Because it was past midnight. 

"Were I a fish I'd flip my flipper. 

"What've you done with your old slipper?" 

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She looked down at her stepsister's 

Foot, covert in warts and blisters. 

The shoe was gone, the foot exposed. 

And also scum between the toes. 

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"Oh dear," said Anne.  "That is a pity. 

"I must have left it in the city, 

"When I was running from the ball. 

"That was my favourite one and all..." 

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Meanwhile, the Prince of Wales had found 

Something mouldy on the ground. 

He picked it up and measured it. 

"There's only one girl this could fit!" 

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He added, "the girl I adore, 

"Who ran away at 10 to 4. 

"She must have dropped her shoe as she 

"Ran to get away from me." 

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Fearing a new pay reduction, 

Staff applauded this deduction. 

The prince turned to his secretary 

And told him he was tired out.  Very. 

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"Would you be a star and take 

"This charming shoe across the lake? 

"There, go and knock at every house, 

"And find this girl – my future spouse." 

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"But, highness, sir, how can we tell 

"which one is the proper girl?" 

The prince said, breaking rules of class, 

"My girl has got the biggest arse." 

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As an afterthought he put 

In these words: "Look at her foot, 

"And make her try this slipper on it. 

"It it fits, it's her one, innit?" 

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Despite an air of grave dubiety, 

Remembering their high society 

Employer, staff again all cheered, 

And said, "That's clever, prince, m'dear." 

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With an angry loyal frown, 

The servants went all round the town, 

And every maiden did her bit, 

And tried the shoe.  It didn't fit. 

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At last the house of Ms. O'Sneller 

(Stepmother to Cinderella) 

Was reached by the grand procession. 

She said: "I've got a confession... 

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"... I think that is my daughter's shoe. 

"My daughter Anne is one of two. 

"But come, Your Grace, and have some tea. 

"I'll tell you more about old me." 

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His Grace Sir John was a very 

Inefficient secretary. 

He left the footwear in the hall, 

Where Cinderella paid a call. 

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She saw and swiped the largish shoe, 

Discreetly flushed it down the loo 

And in it's place she snidely put 

A glass slipper form her own foot. 

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Then she cried out: "Oh, what's there? 

"My old slipper, I declare! 

"Now if correctly I recall, 

"I last had it at the ball." 

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Cindy, though used to the mattress, 

Was really an accomplished actress. 

Sir John, the secretary, heard, 

And ran out to her, said: "My word!" 

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Then: "I'm sure that's not the shoe, 

"But I'm, much less sharp than you. 

"I'll take your word.  Come on, don't fuss, 

"Otherwise we'll miss the bus." 

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They caught the bus down to the pub, 

Where the prince, amid hubbub, 

Was waiting in a thick disguise. 

He couldn't believe his eyed. 

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"That's not the girl!" He declared 

So loudly Cindy got quite scared. 

"I'll go and find the girl myself." 

He took a phonebook from the shelf. 

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"I think she said her name was Anne. 

"Anne O'Sneller.  Here's the one!" 

Sir John, annoyed, got quite profain. 

"You didn't say you knew her name!" 

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"How dare you answer back, old man?" 

The prince cried out.  "You're fired, Dan!" 

(For some reason he never got 

First names correct.  Well not a lot). 

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Cindy said, "What John deserves is 

"Incessant hire of my services." 

So they went off in the night, 

To what Sir John said was "alright". 

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Anyway, the prince had run 

To Edna, Anne and Dee's old mum. 

He said: "I think I'll wed your daughter." 

Edna said, "Oh yes, you oughta." 

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So they were wed; she got her fella, 

Unlike little Cinderella, 

Who got locked in the cellar, 

Contracted salmonella, 

And died. 

THE END – COPYRIGHT © JAMES C. BERNTHAL FEBRUARY 2005 


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