CINDERELLA (standard:poetry, 1736 words)
Author: James C. Bernthal	Added: Feb 10 2006	Views/Reads: 4276/2454	Story vote: 0.00 (0 votes)
A new take on the popular fairytale. Told in rhyme. Feedback welcome. Contains very mild and infrequent profanity

CINDERELLA In which the superficiality imposed upon society is
challenged weakly 

BY JAMES C BERNTHAL; COPYRIGHT 

Although she may have looked the part, 

Cinderella was a tart. 

Day in, day out, another lover. 

The stress of it killed her poor mother. 

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So her father upped and said: 

"My ever loving wife is dead, 

"I need a new and guiding wife 

To show my girl a proper life." 

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He found a wife, Edna O'Sneller, 

Who sought to help young Cinderella. 

But, alas, he caught rubella 

And died (he's buried in the cellar). 

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Cindy, aware of her good looks, 

Was listed in those shifty books. 

She brought strange men home every night; 

Gave her prim stepsisters a fright! 

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Those stepsisters, called Anne and Dee, 

Were as kind as kind could be, 

But their mother's face was terrible, 

And it seems that was inheritable. 

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So they were not aesthetically privileged 

(Unlike Cindy, who was frivolous) 

And they never found a fella 

(As remarked by Cinderella). 

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Poor Anne and Dee were quite upset. 

Their standards – low – had not been met, 

And at the age of 23 

Their urges were extremely 

High.  Cindy got through lots of men, 



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