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Oceans hills cave princess
Sequoia chanted on Christmas last
Watching Dora save the snow
Princess from the curse of the witch

Who hated snow in grandma's
House in Salt Lake as snow fell
And mama and grandma argued
Upstairs over their respective pain

A lifetime of taking out the clothes
Of generational mourning to see
Who had done the most harm
By stitching more black crepe

To the witch's flowing cape
While the white bear hides
Improbably behind a cartoon tree
In the forest of eternal snow

Home to all broken-hearted girls
Who weep over their mothers
Frozen in the ocean cold in the hills
Dark in the cave save the princess