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Ellen Huang

Snogging Frogs

​I'm told it's sweet, the first kiss
There's fairy balm upon my lips,
there's strawberries to taste,
& then there's drinking,
& then there's a feast.
Upon my lips is the first time,
something that must be broken
at just the right time— 
Bottled princess virginity,
sparkling eternal youth.
 
The frog never asked for a kiss
exactly, but worse. To be kept,
to eat from my plate and drink
from my goblet, to sleep in a
bundle of sheets by my bed.
You understand why I threw
him. You understand why
the wall splattered.
You understand why I chopped
off his head.
 
Then a human prince emerged,
naked, from the wet frogskin.
I'm told he was handsome.
I'm told I should have given him
a chance. I'm told
the kiss would have
turned sweet.
But there is only the frog
only the tadpole
only the wet amphibian
where there should have been
transformation.
 
Nothing's worked yet.

Biography

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Ellen Huang (she/her) is an ace writer of fairy tales with a BA in Writing + Theatre minor from Point Loma Nazarene University. She is a peer reviewer (née Managing Editor) of Whale Road Review. She is published/forthcoming in 50+ venues including Elemental Anthologies; Mookychick; White Stag; Sword & Kettle Press; From the Farther Trees; FERAL Lit; Nymphs; Rhythm & Bones; Three Drops from a Cauldron; and Gingerbread House. She also runs a blog where she explores her spirituality with books and movies. She lives in San Diego with her pan roommate and a dragon. Find her on social media:
Twitter @nocturnalxlight and via blog: worrydollsandfloatinglights.wordpress.com
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