Alice And Peter Pan

The peppery-tongued Duchess lives within an inner
consciousness of vitriolic excess clouding her view
of reality making it impossible to recognise positive
events; the Duchess’ cold contempt for Wonderland

As a bad place of iniquity wherein dwells the Lord &
Master of the Crocodile Castle as a depraved knave
presiding over bad-behaved reptilians, shows within
terrible chronicles where she calls herself the good

Snow-White Self-righteous among the Peter Pans of
the Neverlands; Alice lost her temper confronting the
Duchess, knowing she could not shame that haughty
dame into acknowledging she delighted in character-

Assassination of the Wonderland creatures: Alice
foolishly requested respect whereupon the Duchess
declared Alice an illegal alien never to be welcomed
at the Duchess’ worthy residence again: Anyone

Intent on offering a lament for the false allegations
made by the Duchess who is furious since no-one
ever treats her with the respect and deference she
feels her rightful due as benefactress of all those

Who suffer in distress; will summarily be subject to
court-martial such as that practiced by the Queen
of Hearts – off with her head, off with his head! –
to me Alice and Peter Pan are both deceased…

[Wednesday 21 October 2018]