You burned all of my brothers.
Now I’ll return the favor
and take your precious little girl,
stupid enough to touch my spindle.

I’ll return the favor
because I’m the only one left and she
is stupid enough to touch my spindle.
I’m Maleficent’s prize

because I’m the only one left and you
are standing in her way.
I’m Maleficent’s prize;
the fairest and sharpest of them all.

Nothing stands in my way
of taking your precious little girl.
I’m the fairest and sharpest of them all
because you burned all of my brothers.

Hannah Johnson

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Hannah Johnson is a Washington resident. Her work has appeared in Cutthroat: A Journal of the Arts.

Artwork:  Frank Cadogan Cowper, “Margaret Alone at her spinning wheel,” 1907, public domain.

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