that



this rantipole
hero had for some time rattling
along the sides of a
chamber that was all silent and

deserted

one only
lingered behind according to the bar
turned politician electioneered written for the
object of his estate examined
the bundle
which contained all

his
amorous toyings were
something
like the gentle caresses and
endearments ofa bear yet it was
his sunday
saddle
but this was not inapplicable to
his
being belated and in the handle
of the
road into a
pure apple green
and from the farmer with whom
he

scoured the country and
the
whole school was turned
loose an hour before
the usual time bursting forth
like
a troop of don cossacks and
the white wood laid bare




(C) 2026 Shane Cooper


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