Princely Ball

Her fierce and sensual mother
Was found in shallow water
A galleon of liquid in her throat
Just like the pieous father
Explained it to the daughter –
The sea was too rough for so small a boat.

But you know how children are
The apple falls not far
Now she’s a languid temptress, hardly come of age
She knows that the prayer-book
Doesn’t suit her look
She yearns to get out of her homely cage...

She knows her fortune is her face
Her feet so small and tender
Her neck’s so bare it begs a chain
Will someone not defend her?

Fortuna’s on vacation
‘Til she gets the invitation:
“Tonight the common girls shall dance a princely ball!”
The pidgeons spread the rumour:
“The King is down with tumor”
Her little feet might assure a certain fall.

But no, her family
Shall not see such indiquity -
The ballroom girls molest their dignity!
For dancing is a sin
And you might as well get in
Show a leg, or undress, or something...

She knows her fortune is her face,
Her feet so small and tender
She slips out silent to the night
Will someone not defend her?

But too soon goes the bell
She starts at the knell
The Prince calls her name in a broken tone
Her giddy laughter
Lingers after her
She knows full well he will turn every stone…

Hot and flustered is her face
Her fortune is made by a shoe in the sand
He pants to keep up with her pace,
But suddenly stops with the trophy in hand...

As she gets older she will bathe in blood
But still she will be queen.


Kirjoitin jotain pientä. Se on vähän nokkela ja saa minut hymähtelemään.
En yleensä tee laulelmia tarinan muotoon, mutta nyt tunsin tarvetta kertoa Tuhkimosta. Jatkan taannoista satusankaritarteemaani. Jos Prinsessa Ruusunen on determinismin riivaama piruparka, Tuhkimo on pyrkyri joka käyttää hyväkseen prinssin kenkäfetishiä.
Ja tavallisempikin mies ymmärtää, miksi prinssi lankeaa. Valtakunnan pienin jalka kävelykelvottomassa lasikengässä... Ylhäisten naisten kengänpohjat olivat usein runsaasti kirjaillut.
Rossinin "La Cenerentolan" libretisti vaihtoi kengän rannerenkaaseen säädyllisyyssyistä. Näyttelijätär saattoi paljastaa kenkänsä lavalla, mutta naisen paljas jalka miehen kädessä oli jo siveettömyyden huippu!
Juotiinkohan Tuhkimon juhlissa shampanjaa lasikengästä? Ehkä tarvitsen vielä yhden säkeen.