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Rigspula

0 • Day 787, 04:20 • Published in USA USA •

Rigspula

Rig, sometimes known as Heimdall,
visited an ancient poor couple.
He, Ai, and Edda shared the bed
For three nights, and Rig left.
Nine months later, Edda had a son
Named Thrall.
Thrall married Slavery.
They had boys:
Noisey,

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Alice of Abervenny

3 • Day 786, 03:31 • Published in USA USA •

Alice of Abervenny

Alice was a camp follower in love
with a Norman knight of far-a-way Wales.
When Earl Richard de Clare thereof
(who some yet call “Strongbow”)
was moving against King Dermot,
the Irish drove cows into the fort
only to

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A song to First Nations

0 • Day 785, 03:58 • Published in USA USA •

A song to First Nations

A song to First Nations

Why are you angry, my people?
The bitter bile of despair poisons.
Point upwards like a churches’ steeple
Rejoice, as at a birth of a first son.

Wail not for the old days
They are gone

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Machu Picchu

0 • Day 784, 03:28 • Published in USA USA •

Machu Picchu

High, lost, abandoned,
Jungle sandaled, cloud clothed, stone boned
Machu Picchu lives.

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Women’s Work

2 • Day 783, 03:47 • Published in USA USA •

Women’s Work

On a cold winter’s day,
Under a bright blue sky
with white snow on the ground
that flashed like a million diamond,
James walked the mile to his neighbor’s house.
Now Steve’s wife, Alice, was a Czech
and while Steve spoke

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