Red Riding Hood Retold

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there is blood in your mouth
and it tastes a lot like moonlight
there is blood on your hands
and it feels a lot like silver

(there is a monster in your mirror
and it looks a lot like you)

there is a bullet in your chest
and it’s eating you alive
they say wolves fear silver
but this smells more like gold

there is ice creeping up your spine
like a vine chilled in snow
there is fire in your heart
and it’s burning forests down

there is a fairytale they tell
about a girl who met a wolf
deep inside the woods

there is no fairytale they tell
about a girl who is a wolf
and a wolf who is a girl

there are stories about wolves
and stories about girls
ask the girl who is a wolf
how her story goes

because there is a monster in your mirror
and her cape is red as blood

— M.J.