a manic mapmaker
with a matchbook
setting fire to
all the roads leading
to lingering agonies
a malodorous malady
in insipid inquiries
with no answers
sidting through the
ashes of photogenically
catastrophic memory lapses

the hunchback poet
carrying a satchel filled
with glass slippers
discarded in hasty retreats
a disarming prince uncharming
lighting fire to every atlas
with a clear path home