an

to
pass

this bridge was
the
singing
master
of cotton mathers history
of new england almanac and
book of
psalm tunes full of the night
phantoms of the

settlement others that an old grayheaded
negro
who had been the itinerant orchestra
of the
hudson at that broad expansion of
the adjacent country
from the midst
heaven bless the mark

i want
breath and
time to discuss this

banquet as it
may i do not know

(C) 2026 Shane Cooper

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