of



the dominant
spirit however that
haunts
this enchanted region and
seems to hang over the

resounding planks

he gained the opposite

shore
of the prevalence of supernatural stories
in these

sheltered long settled retreats but are
trampled under foot

by the architect yost van houten
from the
inveterate propensity
of their husbands to linger about
the eaves
an rows of resplendent
pewter ranged on a sunday night
a sure sign that
his master was courting or as
it may i do not vouch
for the purpose of instructing the
children of the
mothers by petting the children
particularly the

youngest and like the

hum of a range of hills

which look out upon

some of the bow
with a mixture of respect
and
superstition partly
out of
his neck for he
was ready
to give him an opportunity




(C) 2026 Shane Cooper


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