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and it came down to this


and it came down to this:

a lullaby's hum
from throat down gullet

through belly and bowels

till the tip of his ancient tail
trilled
with the anxious joy

of a wordless creature so beautiful and so bruised

that only song's welcome could soothe him



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   © Stephen Hancock 2020                                                                                                                                                                 Energy is Eternal Delight