Ha-Ha Ever After

"Where's a fairy godmother when you need financial assistance?"  
-- Cinderella with a palatial-sized walk-in closet of countless glass slippers  
to be pawned  
 
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When forced to put the palace up for sale  
to Cinderella's fantasy offset,  
Prince Charming thought it best to save his tale  
to yet the kingdom to his in-laws let --  
though loaned he not the pumpkin coach or jet,  
each having once again been repossessed,  
or still his stallion lost yet in a bet,  
his jester having staked it in a jest --  
while Cindy having lately been hard-pressed  
on being jailed a princess sans a clue,  
no longer tracked or under house arrest,  
agreed to bid Romance a quick adieu --  
so moved the pair into an outhouse trim  
across a ha-ha from the Brothers Grimm.  
 
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a dedication of Respect  
for  
the Painful Reality of the existence of mothers-in-law  
 
a revolving helios sonnet spenserian satire menippean on  
the happily ever after ending  
prior to impotence  
 
july, 2023 -- yet volumes of Cindys each midnight  
turning into pumpkins  
with headaches