Little CinderGirl, they can't understand you. You rise from the as-heap in a blazeand only then do they recognize you as their one true love. While you pray beneath your mother's tree you carrve a phoenix into your palmwth aa hazel twig and coal;every night she devours more of you. You used to believe in angels. Now you believe in the makeover;if you can't get the grime off your faceand your foot into a size six heelwho will ever bother to notice you? The kettle and the broom sear in your grasp, snap into fragments. The turtledoves sing, " There's blood within the shoe." You deserve the palace, you think, as you signalthe pigeons to attack, approve the barrel filled with red-hot nails. Its great hearth beckons, and the prince's flagrises crimson in the angry sun. He will love you for the heat you generate, for the flames you ignite around you, though he encase your tiny feet in glassto keep them from scorching the ground. Jeannine Hall Gailey
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Little CinderGirl, they can't understand you. You rise from the as-heap in a blaze and then they don't recognize you as their one true love. While you pray beneath your mother's tree you carve a phoenix into your palm with a hazel twig and coal; every night she devours more of you. You used to believe in angels, but now you believe in the makeover; if you can't get the grime off your face and your foot into a size six heel who will ever bother to notice you? The kettle and the broom sear in your grasp, snap into fragments.

The turtledoves sing, "There's blood within the shoe." You deserve the palace, you think, as you signal the pigeons to attack, approve the barrel filled with red-hot nails. It's great hearth beckons, and the prince's flag rises crimson in the angry sun. He will love you for the heat you generate, for the flames you ignite around you, though he encase your tiny feet in glass to keep them from scorching the ground

Source: Becoming The Villainess

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