mettle
but he did
find it at a souvenir stand there,
and Dorothy got a wicked
pair of vintage kicks
–made for walking
(and her little dog, too)
but where was she even going?
(her next shin-dig)
everyone knows you wear slippers around the house,
and the straw man,
well, the straw man
he was proven liar
by his very instance
–albeit a clever one—
now wasn’t he…
while the lion
(rahr, the lion)
might have whiled away
his fearful existence in peace,
a dream away a dream away
had not that trio happened upon him
and taught him he was
afraid.
©Karen Robiscoe
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