The Women in Literature and Life Assembly
of
The National Council of Teachers of English
of
The National Council of Teachers of English
Editor: Patricia Kelly kellyp@vt.edu
Volume 1
Fall 1992
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The Princess and the Pea
Soft decisions pile up
like feather bedseach easy choiceresting lightlyon top, on top
Until finally the woman
climbs up for sleepand feels at the bottomsome pea thatmakes sleep
Impossible and unwelcome
She is no one's princess
these mattressesthis pea self madeher own testshe has been set upon
other bedstested by otherimposed standards
spread herself
touched four cornerstill wrists and ankles ached
Passing, she had a prize
unintendedunacknowledgedthat has becomea small hard pea
that bothers only her own
sleepby Nadine Charity
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