In fairy tales, the stakes are high,
and all trials must be timed:
before midnight, at sixteen,
by sunset on the third day.
Never a minute early, the problems
are solved at the deadline. The moral
of these stories? Be patient, and wait,
look out the window, and dream, and sigh.
Lovely!
ReplyDeleteI like your take on the morals - the way this suggests something other than the moral of truth/purity/bravery/etc. that is commonly espoused in such stories.