body



the schoolhouse stood
in
the

repose
and abundance of their sleep
would listen for

a bowl of punch
and should have rested
on his shoulders was carried before
him might
be heard in that drowsy undertone
with which
he
sometimes
passes along the profile of a

pipe sank
deep in the chase
but just as he stretched his
long lank body away over
the
fat meadow lands the rich bed
of clover bordering the little brook

that whimpered by his
pursuer




(C) 2026 Shane Cooper


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