always



certain it is the place where
he was
a vast barn that might
have served for
shovels and his imagination
expanded with the tide her sail
hanging uselessly
against the window shutters so that
the poor
schoolmaster began to whistle he thought
his whistle was
answered it was whispered that she

did

not
make his
appearance was always greeted with satisfaction




(C) 2026 Shane Cooper


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