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The Egregious Lie Regarding Tinkerbell’s Revenge
After Tinker Bell died,
Peter couldn’t remember her.
Do my dead parents
haunt my peripherals
because they fear similar fates?
Fairies are too small
to hold more than one feeling
at a time. When dreamy
unspoken words dissipate
into unsavory vapor,
I envy them.
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Written for dVerse’s Quadrille #37–Be Not Afraid, hostd by Victoria Slotto. Go here to read other poet’s contributions.
Hephaestus’ Waste & Cosmic Rubble 
Small but perfectly formed.
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Thank you for the compliment. 🙂
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Poor Tink…..we should have clapped harder.
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Indeed. Thanks for reading. 🙂
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This is very touching. Well crafted, thank you for sharing!
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Thank You!
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Profound. Intriguing thoughts. Love it.
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Thank you. 🙂
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Faeries wear boots…be careful 😉
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You know, I hadn’t thought of that! Also, I may use that line in another fairy poem! Thanks for reading. 🙂
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It’s a Black Sabbath song.
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Interesting view on size and the number of feelings one can have. Too bad abut Peter forgetting her.
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Sadly, the fairy-to-feelings thing is real. I read it on Wikipedia, so it MUST be true. 😉
Thanks for listening to my rambles.
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…and I am left to wonder why you were researching fairies on wikipedia! I think Tinkerbell wisely left Peter in a trail of pixie dust … at least I like to think so!
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Oh i do my homework! We can’t have the reader doubting the verisimilitude of my poems about death, angst, regret, and fairies, can we? 😉
Thank you for reading.
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Such an effective poem with layers of meaning. I love this thought:
Fairies are too small
to hold more than one feeling
at a time.
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Thank you Victoria. This was an intriguing prompt. 🙂
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I dunno. Fairies have a lot of feelings in a little body. I’m under 5′ tall so I understand them. Excellent poem with layers of meaning and poignant. I don’t think Peter forgot her, he just moved on to other things. Equally sad.
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I’ll have to take your word for it. Perhaps that was the lie? I haven’t had the honor of chilling with any fairies, so I’m no expert. 😉
Thank you for reading and commenting. I agree that if Peter just moved on, that would be just as sad.
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Quadrille looks good on you.
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Beautiful poem. The unique style of it amazes me!
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