Love and the Mad Hatter

Being envious and living in the past is no way to love

She starred into the mirror trying to remember
her more youthful days as a radiant beauty
with her eyes opened as wide as possible
the Mad Hatter counted all her new wrinkles

1,2 No 4! there's more!
she cried in disbelief at the power
that time has over all living beings
except the Queen of Hearts
she is always beautiful, the Hatter thought

"More green!, more green!, quickly!"
her voice screamed into the mirror
her servant protested, claiming that she had
enough green on to cover the entire planet

Hatter grabbed the green makeup
and slashed it all over her eye lids
she blinked fast and hard at her own reflection
there! there! the wrinkles have vanished!

"Excuse me Ma'am but your company is watching"
her servant said pointing to the prince on the sofa

Hatter tilted her hat to the side then
marched over to the prince and growled
"You pervert! You was watching my a*s!
Your just like my last boyfriend.. first a finger
then your candle stick... sick sick sick!
The prince raised his hand to cover his face
just as hatter tried to hit him on the lips

"D****t Johnny, why did you leave me for the Queen?"
her finger pointed directly at his nose
she sat down beside him and started to cry
"You think she's more beautiful than me!
Don't you? Don't you! Hatter screamed

The prince leaned back away from her
"Hatter have you gone totally insane?
My name is Greg not Johnny and I
wasn't watching your a*s at all.  I think
your beautiful without all that green make up on!

The Hatter's mouth opened and her eyes squinted
with teeth clinched as tight as possible she hissed
"You like her a*s better!  I saw you watching it
the other day over tea while she was on TV!"
Hatter stood up and kicked him in the chest
"D****t Johnny you love her a*s more than me!"
Hatter cried streaming green makeup into her hands

The prince called for his things before standing up
Hatter asked him where he was going
the prince didn't say anything until he reached the door

"For the last time my name is Greg and not Johnny
I think your a*s is just divine as golden wine
but Johnny and I have something in common
I too will take my chances with the Queen of Hearts
she may castrate me but at least she isn't crazy"

The prince stormed out the door and never returned
Hatter sat on the sofa and shock her head
"What the Frack!  did he just leave me for the queen too?
I knew he liked her red a*s more!"

Men are all the same
Hatter thought to herself before returning to the mirror
to count all her new wrinkles on her face

1,2 No 4! there's more!

Reviews

[Poetic Beauty]

I love this upside down crazy poem. Unfortunately many times women are like that and it is because society say being your and thin is what is acceptable for women. This was creatively done and I love how you made the hatter counter her wrinkles and call him Johnny when his name was Greg.

[raindroplove]

i really injoyed this

[Thomas Fitzgerald]

Clever, and almost "Alice in wonderland". After reading it, I read it again, then again the third time. Although there is no distinct imagery, I felt like I was in a burlesque version of "Sweeney Todd". It may have been deliberate, I cant tell, but your wording an flow is almost broken, so the reader can fall deeper than down rabbit hole. Reminiscent of Po or maybe Shelly. Well done my darling, well done.

[Stef Outsiders]

Crazy!! She reminds me of someone.. LOL
But I love it, it was different, quirky and yeah.. did I say.. reminds me of someone... LOL

[Brooke Nicole Plummer]

absolutely adore this. from the random outbursts to the crazy twist of theme. this is definitely endorsed on my part. great work.

[iamkim]

Whoa! This is brilliant! I couldn't say a word...

[V.B.]

Wow. That picture caught me off guard.

Anything inspired by or featuring a Mad Hatter absolutely needs to be ridiculous and off-the-wall, and this certainly was. Definitely a fun read, despite a few typos here and there. Although, those may have been intentional...

I had one more thing I wanted to say, but I forgot what it was. I might come back and edit this later. In the meantime, a lovely write--thanks.

[Quinn Blackburn]

Brilliant wordcrafting! This is a new twist on the Hatter. You paint a truly interesting portrait here, darkly whimsical piece. Well done!

[Sel Whiteley]

Love this analogy.
You capture brilliantly the psychology of love that puts women into cycles...
The characterisation is masterful, a wonderful, satirical poem that had me laughing aloud.

[Celeste21]

I love it, witty and funny- but also has a deeper current of truth lying underneath...

[Kelsie Eileen Stark]

Very whimiscal and twisted, but beautiful altogether.