"but sohelpmegod he starts talkin
bout a golden ball
an how i can be a princess
me a princess"
("Hazel Tells LaVerne" - Katharyn Howd Machan)

I love this poem.  First of all, the poem takes place in a restaurant in New York.  For example, the speaker says "an he says" and "well i screams."  These phrases exemplify the typical New Yourker accent.  The lack of punctuation and grammar shows how the speaker is not educated.  I'm assuming she works in the restaurant industry because she was cleaning her "howard johnsons ladies room" and she is speaking to her coworker.  In my experience at Steak n' Shake, servers are usually more personal with one another just because we have to help each other in order to get everything done.  The speaker does not speak formally with the person she is speaking with; therefore, both people are probably uneducated, minimum wage servers.

 The theme of this poem is:  When an entire society sets all odds against you, it is hard to believe that something beyond the stereotype will occur in your life.  The speaker obviously has all odds against her. After all, before this "magical" event occurred, she was cleaning the bathrooms of another person's business.  When the frog appears in the toilet bowl, she does not believe it.  She thinks that she is only a lowly commoner with nothing special to offer to society.  However, the frog tells the woman that she can become a princess with just a kiss.  When the frog asks her to kiss him, the speaker calls the frog a "pervert" and comically attempts to flush him down the toilet.  I think the frog represents the dream every girl has of becoming a princess.  However, every little girl soon realizes that this dream is quite impossible.  It is quite depressing... Here is a clip from The Princess and the Frog :)