There is a dragon
in the elevator
He will not tell me
his name but
I know it
I’ve heard it in my
sleep
He says, stay
asleep, little girl
I will not harm you
I hear riddles all
day long
words but not in
English
no one wants me to
know
My heart is a
tinder box
I am not allowed to
open
to cross out I can
only
write, it was the
deal we struck
They say riddles
are clues
but clues in a
fortress
If only the dragon
would let me pass
Ah little girl, he
says
you must solve the
first riddle
to prove you are
ready
I ask him what the
first riddle is
and he laughs
He says that is why
I am not ready
I cannot even hear
the riddle
He says I know the
words
He says no one
stops my ears
but me
He says the riddle
is my first clue
That I will hear it
when I am ready
I say this is
another trick
another stall
But he says no
he is the master of
ceremonies only
I am in charge
I will know the
riddle when I say it out loud
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