Ann Alexander
Poems (i): Same-sex relationships, "My beautiful girl and I"
Stepmother's Tale
He was a banded offer:
want him, get her too.
She grizzled for her sainted mother.
Three’s a crowd. God knows I tried.
He didn’t want the bother.
I took a course in parenting. She cried.
Drove me quite demented,
with her snow white, black and red.
I heard the rumours: squatting in
a house with seven men.
He blamed me, slept in the spare bed.
Even the mirror lied. The fairest! She!
You bet I wished her ill.
The rest you know about: the fatal fruit,
the glass box on the hill.
want him, get her too.
She grizzled for her sainted mother.
Three’s a crowd. God knows I tried.
He didn’t want the bother.
I took a course in parenting. She cried.
Drove me quite demented,
with her snow white, black and red.
I heard the rumours: squatting in
a house with seven men.
He blamed me, slept in the spare bed.
Even the mirror lied. The fairest! She!
You bet I wished her ill.
The rest you know about: the fatal fruit,
the glass box on the hill.
Ann Alexander lives in West Cornwall. Her
first collection, Facing Demons, was published
by Peterloo Poets in 2002.
first collection, Facing Demons, was published
by Peterloo Poets in 2002.
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