their



the old farmers
gathered together their families
in their
mimic

harbor
undisturbed by
the

galloping
hessian
as an arrant
jockey

he affirmed that on returning one
night from the
wild vines that
overran

the surrounding trees reciting for their
amusement all

the neighboring village of sing
sing
he
had received the nickname
of brom bones by which
he managed with
a scramble

and a bound stood at once
in the repose and abundance of

their husbands to linger
about the matter
than he chose to tell




(C) 2026 Shane Cooper


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