Steve Sneyd
The Fairest Thing to All
the final naming of The Being of the being
the choice accidental irreversible fatal
called Redshoe by kid knew no better began
quick’s fly skips meet with swatter to do
dance swift ginormous beautiful on red
hot iron soles and just as story said in
time would kill her how such stepmother
cruel as mirror should must go but what
story handed down forgot to tell me you
all us justicelovers is in interim before
got her pegs scorched raw had run skip
hop jumped all up down the land the lovely
fat fecund fertile land had scorched all crop
and flower pasture after arable bush tree
house home farm church town palace castle
had even danced in pain unstoppable unstopping
up and over all and every fellow citizen young
old all those were once her ruled her people
burncrushed one and all the land left black
left lifeless only one she dare not did not
never touched remained remains cause of all
suffering guiltyinnocent the giving one the
one and only Namer at the Namer at the Naming Goody 2shoes
remains looks up at sky down at burntout one
cause of all evil at the last and smiles in
tears as pure as fire renamed herself Godgiven
called to herself out of old belowground her
dwarves come back come back into my realm again
your furnace ready all your tools your hammers
yes your anvils waiting inside the wombgate melting
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