Hansel

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he traced the trail of bread crumbs

to his left hand

but kept on dropping them

and following along

till he made his way to the oven 

then with his right hand

turned it on and crawled in

all we found was a glowing fire

 

some say he fell under a witches spell

some say Gretel betrayed him, herself

but witches aren't real

Gretel crawled in an oven of her own

and quite often,

we carry our own betraying demons,

that's all it took Hansel 

to prematurely return to dust

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Mysteriously dark. I had a

Mysteriously dark. I had a rather random thought of the two visiting a tanning salon. But this is far too graphic about incineration and cremation. And due deference is given to the witch and her malevolence, no flippancy there either. I can see a Pixar short as well in my mind's filming eye.  Thanks for sharing.


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