A CANOROUS CHIME
Someone gets in the power shower.
It reminds me I don’t need power.
Flower power is much better.
Writing Flora a long love letter.
You could even call her “flower.”
Down at the bottom of the Tower
I looked up and saw her hair,
it was dangling down everywhere.
I climbed up it into her chamber.
She was locked in by a protector.
He was a tyrant, I was better,
I was the one she wanted as lover.
I took out my sword to free her,
defeated the tyrant, had a breather,
took her by the tiny hand and led her
down the stair, her knight in shining armour.
In the garden we heard some laughter.
It might’ve been the film director
saying this could go on forever,
flowing like an endless river,
but what was needed more than water
was to cut her hair a bit shorter,
so that we did, while a motor
drove past on an unknown hour.

Frances Macaulay Forde
Thu 16th Apr 2026 04:42
Ha-Ha! Loved this trip down Fairytale Lane - quite easy on the ear when spoken aloud.