Little Red Riding Hood/Twisted Fairy Tale Poem: little red, little dark

[kat_lair]

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Title: little red, little dark
Author:  kat_lair / Mistress Kat
Fandom: Little Red Riding Hood (Fairy Tale)
Tags: Poetry, Dark
Warnings: Implied rape/non-con (it's all very vague suggestion)
Rating: M
Word count: 259
 
Summary:
when i was little, i had
little teeth
 
Author notes: Those of you who've been around for a while know that I used to write way more poetry than I do nowadays. But even though some of it absolutely was fandom inspired, I kept it all separate over at boneverse. I haven't been inspired to write poetry for ages and wasn't sure I even could anymore, but then I ran across ungefug 's  fandomtrees prompts, and they listed dark themes, twisted fairy tales and poetry as likes and this poured out in a day. Well. I guess the dark murder sex femdom poems always were a theme of mine.

little red, little dark on AO3


little red, little dark

when i was little, i had
little teeth, smile like
strawberries and cream
meant to devour sweet cakes
and dreams

when i was little, i had
little suspicion, little notion of
danger, my little hands open, my
little heart, open, open
for taking, taking

when i was little, there was
a big forest, deep dream forest
with teeth
with taste for
sweet girls

when i was little, there was
a big wolf, dark dream wolf
(a man, a man, a man)
given to taking

when i was little,
i had little fight
and my little teeth
had little bite

when i was little,
i was eaten, my little heart
rent open, open

when i was little,
i was dead
taken

and then

and then dark
devouring dark
hot, wet, burning dark
deep dream

and then

and then light
reviving light
hot, sweet, searing light
i awake

i awake anew, i awake
vast

now i am big, i have
big teeth, sharp dream teeth
for the rending

now i am big, my hands
a span of an axe, my heart
heavy with knowing
swollen like a ripe fruit
for the taking, taking

now i am big, and the forest
is mine now
big enough
for red dreams

now i am big, there are
wolves still
(men, men, men)
big bad wolves
but i am
bigger still

now i am big, i have
red hands, red teeth
given to taking
and dark red dreams
sit in my hot, wet mouth

now i am big, now i
bite

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Comments

[apiphile]

God I've missed your poetry <3 This is SO GOOD

[kat_lair]

I've missed my poetry too! Actually kind of relieved that I was still able to write some.

THANK YOU! <3

[apiphile]

I'm glad it's back, your economy of word and ear/eye for impact in phrasing is an absolute lesson <3 Very enjoyable.

[kat_lair]

your economy of word and ear/eye for impact in phrasing is an absolute lesson shut the fuck up what am i supposed to do with this <3___<3

[apiphile]

Give it a little kiss on the head and put it to bed, like a kitten. :)

[kat_lair]

fyi, been giggling about this suggestion on and off since i read it last night :'D

[apiphile]

I started adopting it myself because "dismiss a compliment" is unkind and "cherish it" feels egocentric, so imagine it a little kitten and put it to bed.

[kat_lair]

It's a good policy!