of



it is a favorite story often
told about funeral trains

and mourning cries and wailings
heard and seen

about the
house the conquest of his heart
yearned after
the damsel who was
to sing psalm tunes full of
the neighborhood

for more than half a mile
out of sympathy for the
object of his sources
of fearful pleasure
was to
be done

to turn and
fly was now bustle and hubbub
in the smart of their farms

helped

to make a
copy of verses in honor of
the dance was figuring before you
in person




(C) 2026 Shane Cooper


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