one time in grade school
the topic of reading class was
fairy tales redone by Disney
(that’s not quite how we classified it back then
back then we didn’t really classify anything
we were little)
when it was snow white’s turn
the teacher asked
all the students to pick
who they’d like to
be
in that fairy tale
when it came around to me
I answered clearly that
I’d like to be
the witch
at which point
the teacher’s forehead wrinkled and
she asked rather roughly
why
does that mean I want to be nasty and evil
of course not, I replied, but
right now our class already has
17 snow whites
11 hunters
6 princes and not a single witch
so do we want a fairy tale
or a reality
dating show
meaning
please don’t dub me
the next
angry young woman
I’m not angry
if you draw any parallels
then please,
I’d rather it be
to jesus
Who’s afraid of Sveta Grigorjeva
by Sveta Grigorjeva
