Theresa Boyar
THE BROTHERS GRIMM, IMAGINED AS RIVALROUS SIBLINGS
She eats them in the forest.
It's the alternate version,
the one the younger brother
tells in taverns, irritated
with his co-author's blind
lust for happily-ever-afters.
She springs from the oven
smoking like a strudel, but alive.
She's a witch, after all.
They don't put up much of a fight,
plump and packing stolen jewels,
the smeared violence
of a jelly doughnut encircling
Hansel's baby lips. Strings of pearls
spilling from Gretel's pinafore,
tripping her up.
It's over in a flash and nothing
is left but the bones,
which the witch ties up,
hauls home, plunks
into a pot for a nice tisane.
The storyteller tips his pint
and winks at his older brother, a promise
to work their differences out
on paper.
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Date of Birth:
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August 31, 1969
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Location:
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Helena, Montana
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Email:
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boyar4@aol.com
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Publications:
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The Paumanok Review, Samsara Quarterly, The Adirondack Review, Pierian Springs, Wicked Alice, DMQ Review, Eclectica, etc.
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Awards:
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Finalist for the 2002 Katharine Anne Porter Prize in Fiction; 1998 Pushcart Prize nominee
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