There are spikes on the ledge
because birds would alight
if there wasn’t those spikes
and that wouldn’t be right
There are spikes on the ledge
so the birds cannot perch
and distract me with twittering
from my er research
There are spikes on the ledge
did some oxonian twit
think that students’ abodes
must be shielded from shit?
...

My fairytale heart
Got lost on its way
Through enchanted forests
And fathomless seas

My white armoured knight
Found another princess
With more need of rescue
And the sunset was theirs

My tower still stands
And my hair is uncut
All I have is my patience
My own charmed reflection

The swans have flown south
No more frogs to bear kiss
My shoes are too worn
And the pumpkins are rotten

My fairytale heart
No longer tastes apples
And all the red roses
Could not make it beat