Mirror,
Mirror—
at the Head
of My Bed
This
story grapples with the same theme that I have been grappling for a long time—the
devolution of humankind. While earlier blogs have centered on the deliberately
mis-written history that has been forced on us by centralizing liberal
ideologies, the following story will look for ways by way of which humankind
may return to the Neanderthal man, who—for all their denial—is their ancestor.
by © Ludis Cuckold
(2016)
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Mirror Mirror at the Head of My Bed
By © Ludis Cuckold
A Fairy Tale Mistold
Most of us
have heard of the story of Snowwhite and the Queen, who wanted to kill her,
because the mirror told that it was Snowwhite, not she, who was the most
beautiful of them all.
But the
mirror who spoke to the Queen was not at the Head of Her bed as the title of
this book has it, but in the foyer
of the castle in the wood of King Eros who wished to have sex only with such
women as he found attractive and who exited him.
When the
Evil Queen heard what the mirror had to say, she panicked, ran back into her
bedroom, jumped into her bed, and put her feet where her head should have been.
In her haste, she did not notice that her morning coat had flipped to one side
and that her behind lay bare.
It was not
long before the mirror at the head of her bed spoke up: “It is not your behind
that I want to see! I want to see your face.”
The Queen turned
around, faced the mirror, and asked: “Am I really getting old?”
“Not if you
make me faces,” answered the mirror at the head of Julieta's bed.
“What kind
of face?”
“The most
ugly and passionate you can think of,” said the mirror, “the
kind you make for the King when he sits on your behind.”
“But that
kind of face makes the king go nuts,” answered the Queen.
“And don’t
you go nuts as well?” wondered the mirror.
“Indeed!
But only for the one who does me. You only tell me,” replied the Queen.
“That may
be so. But it is I who makes both of you nuts,” laughed the mirror and stuck
out its tongue and drooled horribly.
This is
where the fairy tale must be explained by another kind of story. In short, the
fairy tale teller must put on the frock of a teacher and become a little anthropological.