some



he could

not

help too rolling his large eyes

round
him as
their model and
at
the castle keep
where
the tree had been

some appalling
act of
justice were satisfied

by
inflicting a
double portion on
some little tough wrong headed broadskirted
dutch
urchin who sulked and
swelled and grew dogged and
sullen
beneath the birch




(C) 2026 Shane Cooper


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