towards



with these he lived successively a
week
at a distance whisking about among
a squad of hard riders they
always stood by for a retreat
whither

i might steal from the
inveterate propensity of their revelry they
fluttered

chirping and frolicking

from bush to bush
and tree to tree capricious

from
the farmer
with whom

one had a soft and
foolish heart towards
the sex and it is
true sent either his
eyes
or his

thoughts beyond the

boundaries of his distance from this
faithful companion of man




(C) 2026 Shane Cooper


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