like a cat

a faerie only gets so many lives.

Each bubble delicate,

candy floss soluble,

& magically propitious…
 
 
Chimney sweep lucky, and a good deal less sooty,

it’s a good idea to hang in her general vicinity.

Quietly, though, since Tipping Tongues kill faeries,

& only water affords her attention–

—method more so:

/ waterboard verses /

/ bubblebath verses /

“oh-oh, what was that?

did you feel that?”

(cursing)

That’s a big difference

to the skin!

–and like Rumpelstiltskin

a faerie must go if beckoned,

since some faerie rules are universal

and delivery is critical.

Just think of

Betelgeuse

Betelgeuse

Betel…just a skosh more demonic

than sprite, but distant relations all the same

the 6^th fact that bears remembering

(if forgotten will evidence evenso)

a faerie cannot, absolutely cannot

live within walls,

cages, or books.

Any page written thereto

will contain only the Faerie Tail—

Faerie story, and other stored, faerie bits,

omitting the X factor entirely.

(the best part of the faerie besides Y and Z)

Equal space distancing

between all

3 eyes.

©Karen Robiscoe