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A Sorta Fairytale Quadrille #140

Katie Frances Hartless
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Once upon a blind date
the year’d grown old,
gilded flakes fell and
twinkling bug-catcher
parking lights unveiled
piles of leaf disbelief,
hoarder’s tendencies.
No one told us not to–
One, two, three
swallow.
Happiness is hollow.
Crappily ever after,
a sorta fairytale disaster.

© khartless 2021, All Rights Reserved

Quadrille #140: Let’s Go To The Fair! Join us.

34 responses to “A Sorta Fairytale Quadrille #140”

  1. Christine Bolton, Poetry for Healing Avatar
    Christine Bolton, Poetry for Healing

    Crappily ever after … love it! 🤣💕

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    1. ben Alexander Avatar
      ben Alexander

      yeah 😀 so funny!

      ❤
      David

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      1. K.Hartless Avatar
        K.Hartless

        Thank you. I should write more sorta fairytales. Theres’ lot of mischief to be had, no doubt.

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  2. rothpoetry Avatar
    rothpoetry

    Life does take the punch out of happiness! Very nicely done.

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    1. Gillena Cox Avatar
      Gillena Cox

      Oh the fair is in fairy. Clever.
      Thanks for dropping by to read mine

      Much💛love

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      1. K.Hartless Avatar
        K.Hartless

        Thank you very much, Gillena. 💜

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  3. Jeff Flesch Avatar
    Jeff Flesch

    That’s an epic poem, K. What an ending. Awesome.

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    1. K.Hartless Avatar
      K.Hartless

      Thank you kindly, Jeff. It was fun this unfairytale.

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      1. Jeff Flesch Avatar
        Jeff Flesch

        You’re most welcome, K. Always. Indeed.

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  4. BlackandWhite1987 Avatar
    BlackandWhite1987

    Haha love the ending 😀 brilliant poem

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    1. K.Hartless Avatar
      K.Hartless

      Thank you. I’ so glad you stopped by. Appreciate your kind words.

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  5. Quaranjavirus Avatar
    Quaranjavirus

    Nice poem! I love the phrase “Crappily ever after”, adds a kinda funny touch to the poem ❤

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  6. Hobbo Avatar
    Hobbo

    Your last couplet transforms this very good poem into an excellent one. Love it!

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    1. K.Hartless Avatar
      K.Hartless

      Why thank you, Hobbo. I have been overly busy today, but it was great to end the day with seeing this super kind comment.

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      1. Hobbo Avatar
        Hobbo

        You are super welcome!

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  7. Ron. Avatar
    Ron.

    Hollow happiness. Ain’t it always, eh?

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  8. Jewish Young Professional "JYP" Avatar
    Jewish Young Professional “JYP”

    “Once upon a blind date” and “crappily ever after” are fantastic

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    1. K.Hartless Avatar
      K.Hartless

      Thank you very kindly, JYP. I enjoyed making a mess of things.

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  9. Jane Dougherty Avatar
    Jane Dougherty

    The ending made me think of jumping into piled leaves and discovering a dog had been there first…

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    1. K.Hartless Avatar
      K.Hartless

      Exactly, Jane. You nailed this fairytale. Sorry for my delay in response. I appreciate you reading and commenting here.

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      1. Jane Dougherty Avatar
        Jane Dougherty

        🙂

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  10. merrildsmith Avatar
    merrildsmith

    Clever wordplay. Some people seem to live more of those crappily ever after lives than others.

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  11. Misky Avatar
    Misky

    This is hysterical! I love it.

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    1. K.Hartless Avatar
      K.Hartless

      Thanks, Misky. I’m so glad you enjoyed it and I apologize for the long delayed response. Had quite a hysterical day here. 😉

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      1. Misky Avatar
        Misky

        🥰

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  12. Starlingsson l'ermite Avatar
    Starlingsson l’ermite

    Paints a suitably sardonjc pcture…

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  13. Linda Lee Lyberg Avatar
    Linda Lee Lyberg

    So clever!

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    1. K.Hartless Avatar
      K.Hartless

      Thank you kindly, Linda. Sorry for the delay in responding. A long day here.

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      1. Linda Lee Lyberg Avatar
        Linda Lee Lyberg

        I understand;I spent most of the day updating my Mac which took forever.

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  14. sanaarizvi Avatar
    sanaarizvi

    I like the idea of un-fairytale 🙂 very original, succinct and crisp! 💝💝

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  15. Arcadia Maria Avatar
    Arcadia Maria

    Good poem. 🙂

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    1. K.Hartless Avatar
      K.Hartless

      Thank you 😉

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  16. Björn Rudberg (brudberg) Avatar
    Björn Rudberg (brudberg)

    A blind date is too often a recipe for disaster… especially if a promising start turns out to be more manure than a man.

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    1. K.Hartless Avatar
      K.Hartless

      😂 Indeed. Huzzah! Thanks for reading, Björn.

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K.F. Hartless (she/her) is a free-spirited fiction writer and word trapeze artist. When she’s not juggling her career as a literacy specialist, she’s preparing her latest death-defying act on the keys.

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