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From the long years of my life
From the many studied charms
Now at my death I have the answer
To the tricks that she performed
How she transformed the mice to men
How she an invitation penned
How she a carriage from a pumpkin drew
How she the ash-maid’s clothes renewed
How she created crystal slippers
To adorn the ash-maid in all that glitters
Not with magic from this land
For in this realm all is bland
But from a sixth dimension stolen
Words that roll into a poem
Spoken as otherworldly tells
The fairy godmother’s magic spells
Wordcount 100
Written for Jedigirl Flash Fiction Challenge #5 Magic
crispina kemp 
I love this poem!
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I thank you. It was very quickly penned, while I waited for the rain to ease off. But that prompt appealed and … you see the result
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Repetition grabs your attention, well done Crispina.
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I thank you. I must watch I don’t overdo it; I used the same device in Cold Hands, Cold Hearts
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Nice! Such a nice poem about magic.
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Written too early in the morning to get dark 🙂
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Awesome! Nice idea about where the Fairy Godmother gets her magic from.
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Inspired, you might say, by an ancient Greek text. By the time I’d decyphered it (Greek of any age isn’t my language) I realised what it was saying was, to work magic you needed a spirit on the other side (read that as you will, though it didn’t seem to mean that kind of spirit nor death) and words that kinda acted like a dialling code which would fetch their attention. So, you dial up your friendly otherworld helper. Sorry, complex explanation. But then, so was the text. 🙂
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Great post 🙂
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I thank you. Just a bit of fun.
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Nice one Crispina! 😊
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I thank you. Not brilliant; it was quickly dashed off
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love this poem
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I thank you. Though I confess, it was quickly penned.
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Oh this is delicious! So glad I didn’t miss it!
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I thank you. The word, Magic, caught me, and I had a few minutes to use while I waited for the rain to ease. And so …
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O.K. But it’s still a very imaginative take on a familiar Fairy Tale 🙂 Nicely done! Brought a smile to me face. 🙂
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It was intended as fun, so I’m glad it brought you a smile.
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Yes it did! Thanks 😊🌼
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Wonderful and great rhythm!
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I thank you. I think the fact I called it the Ash-Maid’s Wizard Mother, and not Cinderella’s Fairy Godmother, helped no end! 🙂
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Absolutely!
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