Changeling

Changeling 

     hot iron stings 
then singes faery fingers 

once babes are exchanged 
     crib gates again tighten 

Spring but snowing 
now as the Winter Queen 
carries her new pet 
     beneath the hill 

her courtiers marvel 
     at the little man 

Time's wingéd chariot
     delays a while 

meanwhile back at the ranch 
faery babe poos gold