Alice in Blunderland - sublime abandon

Apologies to Lewis Carroll.

With an oomph, a squirge, and a karate kick of her leg, Alice fell up the rabbit hole and into Blunderland.

"I've been here, before," Alice said.

"No, you haven't," said Cheshire the Cat, who was present in his entirety, minus his flashy, toothy grin. "That was Wonderland."

"Curiouser and curiouser," Alice replied cautiously, not wanting to test Cheshire the Cat's limits.

 "Oh, I do see, Cheshire, how everything is different. The Red Queen is in black, the White Rabbit has turned red, as if pinko, the Mad Hatter has had his sanity returned, and I, well, I am the same, Cheshire. I am not changed. I am disappointed, so utterly disappointed."

"Alice, do not fret," said Cheshire the Cat.  "You are different, you just can't see how different you are, yet. But in time, you shall see."

Alice then spied a beautiful pie, of a delicate lime green color, so delectable looking it was that she could not resist but to touch.

"Ouch, where are your manners, Alice?" Said the pie. "Were you not taught?"

"Pie, I am sorry. You look so delicious, I couldn't resist. Tell me, are you Key Lime? You look like a Key Lime Pie."

"I'm Sub-Lime, Alice. A Sub-Lime Pie, A new flavor, not terribly unlike Key Lime, but new and exciting and different. In Blunderland, everything is new.

"Ouch, Alice. I've told you before. Do not touch."

"But, Sub-Lime, I would like to eat you. You look so delicious, so delectable to my senses."

"Alice, you may not touch me, but you may eat me.  See my sign:"

"Eat me for I am Sub-Lime. I shall set you free."

So Alice cut a slice of Sub-Lime, and ate of it with abandon.

She began to sprout wings, as if she could fly.

Cheshire the Cat saw what was happening and could not contain his excitement. He was smiling from ear-to-ear, an invisible smile from his absent grin.

Alice began to fly around the room, over the head of The Red Queen, who had ordered the chopping off of heads of the noxious spectators, noisy, grimy and bawdy they were.

"Red Queen," said Alice, "Do not chop off their heads. They have not hurt you. I beg of you."

"Off with Her Head," answered the Red Queen in a hissy fit of immeasurable proportion. "I will have no competition, here. You may be flying girl, Alice, but I am still Queen. I can do with you as I please.

"Your Majesty, Your Royal Highness, Your Stinkiness Most Dear. I can stop you. I just know I can. I have eaten of The Sub-Lime Pie and I have eaten with abandon."

"Alice girl, you may have eaten of The Sub-Lime Pie, but still you cannot stop me. I am The Red Queen and I am omnipotent. How do you propose to change my mind?"

"With my words, Red Queen. With my words, I can change the world."

With that, Alice began to grow. Her wings sprouted full length and she flew around the room effortlessly swooping up the noxious spectators, the rabble, the noisy, the grimy and the bawdy. She gathered them in her arms and held them dear.

Alice had no fear. She did not quake. She had been born a shy girl, but the Sub-Lime Pie was correct. She ate of it with abandon and it had set her free.

She was no longer afraid of The Red Queen. She knew she would win.

She gathered up all the noxious spectators and set them down gently, so they would not break.

"And now, Red Queen, I have only one more thing to say," said Alice.

"I have protected the noxious spectators from you. You are nothing but nothing. You are but a figment of my imagination and I desire you gone!!!"

With that, The Red Queen disappeared in a poof.

Alice returned to the Sub-Lime Pie to thank him.

"Sub-Lime, you were right. You did set me free.  Thank you, for you gave me sublime abandon."