Frog Princes

by

Linda Paulson Adams

When I was still just a little girl
I read fairy tales about the world
Princes fighting for honor and glory
The same old story
Princess waiting for her prince to come
Sitting on her duff in a castle so glum
Those stories never talked about its leaky roof
Or what to do when the prince was a goof
And she didn’t want him and never would
And had to ‘cause Papa said she should
Or how to behave when her love ran away
In search of new princesses and didn’t stay
More than two hours after the ceremony
Princes back then didn’t have alimony
I thought it was all pretty neat back then
Before I knew the mirror’s cracked when
He says he loves you for your mind
And he will wait any length of time
Because you’re absolutely the only one
While he’s pushing on the remote with his thumb
The centuries haven’t changed it all much
Bet old Cindy thought her prince a bit touched
One dance and one shoe and he’s set for life
I don’t even know you I’ll make you my wife
He seemed to me a brick shy of a load
Small wonder one princess tried kissing toads

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