The heaven with purpl’d eyes looked across The window of the hung clouds as day dawn: Very hot it shone – scaring soles from earth. The monkey, whipped mercilessly by dearth, Knuckled under attaining desire: To eat the banana ‘yond the river. The dillema that tucked him under wish, Was but his inability to swim.ContinueContinue reading “A Folktale II”
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A Folktale
“Hey! Who’re you? ” The invisible borders of the forest bounced the notes back in an echo: Permeating the consciousness of its solitude. Tortoise shivered, not as expected. That shouldn’t have happened. Ain’t this every-kinda-forest? He’d thought. Even at that, being at the depth of the village’s rear should not change the fact thatContinueContinue reading “A Folktale”