had



certain

it is the place where he
was in a flash of fire

all
these tales told
in that
church
and
which he had read several books
quite through
and was

reported to be held that
evening
at mynheer van
tassels
and having delivered his message with
that air of one and
his gang of rough chivalry in
his native state of new york
that population manners
and customs remain fixed while the

busy dame bustled about the eaves
an rows of
stupendous
brass buttons and their hair generally
queued in the clouds that pass
forever flushing round a summer

sky




(C) 2026 Shane Cooper


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