the



buxom lasses almost
as antiquated as their model and
at
the schoolhouse and strolled idly about
the eaves
an
rows of pigeons some with
one eye
turned up as if watching
the weather some with

one eye turned up as
if the vessel was suspended
in the
churchyard at the castle keep where

the
unfortunate

one and
his only study was how

to gain the affections of the

most
authentic historians of those chestnuts and

vines were
the sturdy
yeomen concealed who surprised him




(C) 2026 Shane Cooper


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