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The McRib vanishes at midnight, like a spell undone, like a slipper abandoned on the greasy linoleum of a 24-hour McDonald’s.

Did the Fairy Godmother curse it? Did she wave her wand and whisper, "You shall be barbecue-glazed and beloved— but only for a limited time?"

The ball goes late. Prince Charming is hungry. He stumbles into the drive-thru at 12:01, mouth watering, hands outstretched— but the McRib is gone.

Nothing left but rumors, the scent of something smoky, a paper wrapper like an empty glass slipper, proof that it was once real.

And so he waits. For the next return, the next season, the next fleeting miracle of processed meat and nostalgia.