Heptadecagon

The poem Zoe wrote back in December was not accepted by the literary magazine to which she sent it. And because she doesn't want to submit it anywhere else (I was thinking maybe a magazine geared toward children, or one that regularly accepts submissions from children), I'm sharing it here. Melina By Zoe Long, flowing hair Still in her snowman pajamas. But then, all of a sudden, she appears in a white dress with sparkles and pearls and a ribbon at the back to tie. With a shiny crown, a fairy wand with a little fluff of feathers (just to make it a pretty wand), and white high heels, a little bit big for her. But it doesn’t matter, she tells me what to do. Because she is The Queen and I am the princess who wears jeans and converse. With my long hair in a normal way and no tiara. Then, she changes from one Queen to another. Into a mermaid, into The Queen of the Ocean, and I am still the princess but Princess of the Ocean. I...