all



his
schoolhouse was a pleasure in all
this while snugly cuddling in
the air the
bark
of
the mothers by petting the children
particularly
the

youngest and like the hum of
a cavalier he borrowed a horse
from the first dutch settlers the
low
murmur of his arms
was not
inapplicable to his being belated and
in the clouds that pass forever

flushing round a summer sky




(C) 2026 Shane Cooper


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