Frog Prince Syndrome

"The women in this town

 Won't give me so much as a peck.

 Those where I come from

 They even stretch out their neck!"

~ Roque Dalton

Frog Prince Syndrome

- I -

Far from Principality he wanders

Witnessing wreckage and wonders

Playing a peasant that ponders

Impoverished as one who squanders

Rejected by raucous responders

- II -

Woe unto this Prince

His disguise too effective

Mismatched with Prima Donnas

(they are rather selective)

Whoever would kiss and

Transform toad thus defective?

- III -

There is none yet worthy

To claim him highly prized

But when they find each other

Both of them shall be surprised!

- IV -
Many a fine fly remains 
To be snared by kingly tongue
Thus this prince swims alone
Through thick swamps on his own ...
 
- V -
Yes that's his lot
With hackneyed cliches and a hollow plot
Rambling until every rattling bone starts to rot
No backup on the way; his words all he's got
Holding on tight if only to take a long shot
You get the gist ¿(or perhaps maybe not)?

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