When Alice Became the Rabbit, by Cyndi MacMillan

Marchesa Rabbit, by Lorette C. Luzajic (Canada) 2020. Click image for artist site.

When Alice Became the Rabbit

Carroll told it wrong: there was no waistcoat or pocket watch.  Nobody was in a hurry
or late, and my transformation had nothing to do with size.   I never fell.  I descended
into my own realm, as weightless as a bubble.  Only the wind whimpered. The truth
is that I always knew who I was and who I would become.  Je suis un rêve, une reine.
In this Wonderland, the birds bestow wings. Cats still smile while riddles perk ears, but
we have finally learned how to stare down the madness, freed hearts kept as bluesy
companions, our life story ghosting at margins, facts burrowing under the frame of fiction.

Cyndi MacMillan

Cyndi MacMillan’s work has appeared in Literary Journals such as, The Dalhousie Review, The Ekphrastic Review, The Fieldstone Review, Freefall, Grain Magazine, Room, The Prairie Journal, and The Windsor Review.  Current works-in-progress include a mystery novel and children’s first chapter books. Other writing can be found on her website: https://cyndimacmillan.wordpress.com