the cowardly lion lies pierced
by an arrow dorothy scarecrow
tin woodman aghast dorothy
says no not the wicked witch of
the west some minnesota doctor
reread just now jabberwocky “he
took his vorpal sword in hand”
why did that singular beast merit
slaughter the beamish boy galumphs
to his daddy who no doubt mounts
the head on his trophy wall bids
the son to now seek the jubjub bird
the frumious bandersnatch all you
who’ve really read the alice nightmares
know they’re rife with creatures who
practice deception decapitation chronic
rage pepper spray so what else is new
©2015 Jacqueline Jackson
This article appears in Aug 13-19, 2015.
