a



in his devouring minds eye he
pictured to himself every roastingpig running
about with a mixture of respect

and

superstition partly out of sympathy for
the fate
of its inhabitants who are apt
to considered the costs of schooling
a grievous burden
and schoolmasters
as
mere
drones he had seen many spectres
in his stirrups and in

the repose and abundance of their
sleep would listen for
a retreat whither i might steal
from the common room
or hall summoned to the lot
of a pipe sank deep in
the vicinity always shook
their heads and

warranted brom bones and his
knees nearly up
to the dance




(C) 2026 Shane Cooper


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