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
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.
here is poetry that doesn't always conform
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