I saw Snow White sitting
On a sidewalk
She was wedged between
A trash can and a light post
She was drunk
And smoking a
Cigarette
I guess she woke up
To the lies the dwarves
Had told her
Got hip to the birds
Whispering in her ear
Found out no prince
Could save her,
Would save her
Snow White learned
The world
Is deeper than that
Darker than that
I watched
As she pulled on her
Cigarette,
Looked vacantly at
The flame
Raising a bottle
To her lips,
She attempted
To drink away
The pain
As I turned
And walked away
Fairy Tales,
I thought,
Would never
Be the same