Did You See Alice

 and did you see Alice

in an underground of tears

and every tear

a small red heart

who's littering here

cried the Duchess;

then, the Queen,

sad paper doll

never changing her own blue dress

I confess to nothing said Alice.

bread and honey and the

king counting money

said A.A. Milne

and nothing is funny

when they tell jokes at table

the Cat eats prickly pears.

You can take the back stairs

swelled the Duchess

for not minding the baby well;

said the Duchess squalling,isn't it apalling:

you don't keep Christmas well, either

Seize her, GUARDS!

is it so hard

said Alice softly;

is there no way then

observed Alice

people here can be happy;

no way at all?

mary angela douglas 23 february 2017;rev. 25 november 2020