Many thanks for all  your comments on this poem.

Ryfkah,
where I grew up in London, schlepp was a derogatoty term for make-up. I
always assumed it was a sort of pseudo-Yiddish formation of the word 'slap'.
Thanks for mentioning it.
I'll have to think about it, -perhaps I should substitute slap.

Sally,
 the first part is supposed to be very different as it's reported
speech,-the husband's fairytale, which is totally undignified.  They say
football is a game of two halves and I think the sonnet is definitely a poem
of two parts. I like the traditional 8/6 line split . I always think of the
octave establishing the situation, preparing the way for some development or
change, -the 'turn' of a sonnet seems vital to me.

Sue,
 the title refers to Cinderella's pumpkin, also I hoped it might echo a
common British expression, pork pies or porkies--- rhyming slang for lies.

Arthur,
 I'm glad you thought it was smooth. I think the sonnet is such a versatile
form that you can do practically anything with it, without abandoning the
strict form.
Gary,

  I think the old fairytales offer scope for endless variations, because
they are based on archetypal folk stories.
Kind regards,
           grasshopper