Samson And Rapunzel Poem by Dónall Dempsey

SAMSON AND RAPUNZEL

Samson
wandered out

of the Bible into
the nearest fairy tale

which just
happened to be

....Rapunzel.

“Rapunzel! ”

“Well...lucky ole me! ”
he chuckled to himself

leaving religion
behind him.

He just tore down
the tower

catching her as she fell
heavily for him.

Underneath the bricks
lay the dead witch

but to hell
with her!

This was the girl
of his dreams

Heaven
scent!

They had a whirlwind
romance.

Rapunzel let down her hair
and danced...danced...danced.

It was all like some
new kind of fairy story

written by someone who
obviously didn’t know the rules

or how exactly
these things are supposed to go

and make it all wrong
which was just right for her.

If she could she would
have kissed

that short-sighted long haired
myopic Irish bloke

who dozy with
his anit-histamine medication

(he must be allergic to
Reality)

wrote the first thing that
came to mind.

Yeah!

Samson and Rapunzel.

Samson and Rapunzel

It’s got that
certain ring about it.