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Ten Fables
Once the shadow dreamt it was a canoe.
And rowed far from the form of what it was.
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Once the child not knowing it was a mountain
Came across a river flowing endlessly past
Rubble and scree. The child began to lean
Into its elder form. Loosening the beckon of
The sky.
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Once a blackbird thought it should be blueberry.
Entwined in vine it kept calling closer to the heart.
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Once the river forgave the storm that continually
Fed it. Its hegemony a gift that simply had no use.
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Once a willow begged a woman for her ear.
Sheaving each branch of its leaves. She momentarily
Got up thinking it was Autumn but the paunch-apple
Still held fruit.
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Once the flesh of moth no longer yearned for light.
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Once the garden ate the city of light.
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Once a lamb learned to sing beyond a mendicant phrasing.
Enthused with the field's expansion it ran to the top of the highest
Mountain.
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Once the shadow returned from its journey. Its russet
And wiled body longed for acquiescence.
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Once a poor sailor planted a cherry pit in the seam of his wife's
Sock. Knowing the gift could not be returned she wore it proudly
Despite a noticeable limp.
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