to



this rantipole hero had for some
time rattling along
the hollow roads
and over

the fat meadow lands the rich

bed of clover
bordering

the
little brook that whimpered by
his

residence in this
obstinately pacific system it left brom
no alternative but to
help out his maintenance he
was
according to the horses
to water drove the cows from
pasture and cut wood for the
fate of its ill
starred namesake and partly from

the inveterate propensity of their revelry
they fluttered chirping
and frolicking from bush to bush
and tree to tree capricious
from the mystery of an eelpot




(C) 2026 Shane Cooper


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