In a red riding hood,
The poker faced daughter searching for the wolf in disguise.
With hair frizzing out of the oven like flames,
The witch with bad girl meat.
In Scarlet to meet the Queen,
The Queen herself.
See her
Painted Claws
Satin Paws
Talons
Black Feathers
Bird Nest Hair
Diamanté
Ruffle
Crystal Glitter Gauze Chain Mask Sequin
Pearls and purple teardrops stuck to cheeks
Blood spurting over a bodice of white lace.
They take away her dress
EXPOSURE
She has nothing to bare
Barbed wire heart on pillow
Yellow tape branded body
CRIME SCENE
Leopardskin Antlers Lamé Armour
Lycra
Leather
Lace
Platforms Plastic Peroxide
Synthetic Hide
Fishnet Ribbing
Lipstick Appendage Glasses
Eyes Skin Bones Glitter Gloves
From flames
From water
Emerging, emerged
Lavender blonde
Fanged
Masked in mirrors
This reflection reflecting
G
A
G
A
Here I am
Lady Gaga,
The Queen of all the little Monsters.
Author Bio: Andrea Quinlan has an MA in Art History. Her work has been published in Defect Perfection Literary Review.