Carolyn Smale

Love Song

I was a girl with a red cap,
they called me
Red Riding Hood,

through black forest,
basket filled with
custards, gateaux, kuchen­
I could see the path falling behind me
but ahead­ bare.
I saw beginnings written in blood.

Monsieur Loup, has
shining teeth,
is known to lurk
in feathered beds,
in cosy cottages.

Huge-bellied.
Chop, blow
the house down.
 

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