Modern Stories
Little Miss Muffet returned to the tuffet
With a sawed off shotgun.
The three little Pigs opened a casino
With a buffet that served wolf meat.
The three bears pressed charges
And sued Goldilocks for trespassing
The Queen of Hearts was the judge
And Mary Contrary’s executor was the bailiff.
Jack and Jill tumbled over each other
But not on a hill, they were on their honeymoon.
Everything had changed
So that stories could compete with television
Notes on this poem: This was a fun one to write. I was just fooling around with ideas and thought, why don't I just put them all together? Then come up with some dumb reason for that. Turned out ok I thought.