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56<br />
Fairy Tales<br />
by Norah Woodcock IVC<br />
I opened a child’s book of fairy tales and found myself folded<br />
neatly inside<br />
Amidst wrinkled pages and time-stained words, I found myself<br />
folded inside.<br />
I took myself out from between the pages, I felt and heard the<br />
crinkles made<br />
Paper, on paper, on paper, on paper – and I could not smooth<br />
out the folds.<br />
Above all the paper, I tried to unfold, but still the creases stayed<br />
in place<br />
I found myself in a child’s book of fairy tales, and to this day<br />
bear the trace.<br />
I charred in flames, flew through wind, soaked in water, lay<br />
pressed beneath stone<br />
No difference was made – none at all – and I wish that I had left<br />
the book unopened.<br />
Yet I opened a child’s book of fairy tales, where I had lost myself<br />
inside wrinkled pages<br />
Today I’ll open it again to put myself back – after all, there are<br />
much worse cages.<br />
by Alexa Eberle VA
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