chopped some wood
to build granny a house to die in.
She built it and said,
"Bring your own bed--
the one that you made and must lie in."
Red Riding Chick
went all sick,
past the point of reviving;
Granny asked
the admiring pack,
"Am I so wrong for surviving?"
_______
55 for the G Man
Ha! Forget Brothers Grimm. Welcome Sister Blossom!
ReplyDeleteSister Blossom ~ great name Margaret. Your 55 rocks, Shay. Poor Red!!
ReplyDeletemoo ha ha ha... love it!
ReplyDeleteEven fairy tale (grand)parents shouldn't have to outlive their offspring...
ReplyDeleteYou are so good, Shay. This is perfect.
ReplyDeleteAwesome.
ReplyDeleteGrim, but awesome.
Or maybe just Grimm.
I like it!
ReplyDeleteAnd "Red Riding Chick" made me smile. :)
Thanks for doing Friday 55!
Mine's here. :)
Love the gruesome twist to the tale!
ReplyDeleteFireBlossom...
ReplyDeleteIt's always an honor to have your bit of Michigan Brilliance grace the Friday Funfest.
Always Edgy, Always Witty, You ROCK!
Loved your 55 Re-Tale
Thanks for playing, and have a Kick Ass Week-End
There's a whole lot that's happened behind closed doors, and we can only guess at it. But essentially, this is a woman's tale of "survival" to the point of enduring misery. Granny made her own bed and is now "lying in it" (her own mess of a life). I think Red went crazy and started doing everything she ever wanted to do (running off with the "admiring" wolves), rather than taking care of Granny, etc.
ReplyDeleteSo in conclusion, you are contrasting two types of women: the safe one who "survives" and avoids the wolves; and the wild one who joins them in howling at the moon.
Your clues that this is more than a fun, quirky little nursery rhyme are here:
"the one that you made and must lie in"
"the admiring pack"
I think. :)
I dig it!
ReplyDeletePleasant thoughts &
Aloha from Waikiki
Comfort Spiral
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Grinning over that Grimm tale of yours...
ReplyDeleteI would like to read an entire book of your nursery rhymes, complete with illustrations. It could double as a manual for life.
ReplyDeleteI love it, as I've said before, when you take the rhyme out and make your words jump around like water on a hot griddle--this is snarky and sly, but underneath, seriously wise. We all do what we need to survive--or we don't.
ReplyDeleteSo very, very cool!
ReplyDeleteRed Riding Chick wasn't that slick - paying her penance for abusing the sick.
ReplyDeleteThat's pretty cool, FB.
ReplyDeleteSo totally cool! Especially "the one you made and must lie in."
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