fable!

a collection of sonnets is not a crown
for the king’s favorite village maiden,
but the queen probably wouldn’t notice even if it was; 
she’s very busy fucking the court jester

who used to be a village maiden 
until she met a thirsty fairy in disguise
at the village well. the court jester
used to be kind of a pushover, too,

so she gave the fairy, like, her whole bucket
of water, and in exchange the fairy offered 
transformation. make me less of a pushover,
the maiden said, then added as an afterthought,

and also make me funny, please, so the fairy
turned her into a man, which was maybe what he really wanted all along.