
All She Wanted
by
Sarah Carswell
She only wanted to be beautiful like them.
But she was always too plain, too gawky, too thin.
A moth overlooked midst a sea of monarch beauty.
No one cared about boring old Trudy.
But Trudy was always watching them.
Their shiny, swishing hair; their sun-kissed, rosy skin.
She wanted their beauty, and have it she would
And if she couldn't have it then nobody could
A snippet of Penelope's shiny hair
The broken red fingernail that fell off of Claire
Fragments of beauty no one would miss
Knotted around Trudy's winged wish
The petulant, pouty lips of Patrice
Carved from her lovely face as she sleeps.
Now sewn upon Trudy's twisted sneer
Waxy smile split ear to ear.
Elegant fingers once attached to Denise
Will never again tickle ivory keys
Lifeless, they hang from Trudy's hands
Like Rotting, fleshy eternity bands.
Empty eyes, shriveled and dull,
Stare lifelessly from Trudy's skull.
Liquid tempest orbs, once sapphire blue
Plucked from the sockets of Anna Lou.
The perfectly freckled and pert nose of Grace
Stitched with red ribbon across Trudy's face
Never to turn up in disdain again
The penance to pay for prideful sin.
Mounds of milky, silky flesh
Carved from Anastasia's chest
Wither on Trudy's shapeless form
Symbols of desire, self-loathing, and scorn.
The sharp, biting tongue of nasty Annette
On a delicate cord hangs from poor Trudy's neck.
Flanked by the toes of graceful Guinevere
Snapped from her feet with gardening shears
She only wanted to be beautiful like them.
But she was always too plain, too gawky, too thin.
A moth overlooked midst a sea of monarch beauty.
Now they're all part of poor twisted Trudy.

