Kasper what happened the other 23hours and 55minutes that day??
Were the snails playing chicken??Why were the birds stupid??
Cheers P unka P
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written for an 'instant poetry' challenge just a moment ago (the time
limit was 5min).
"nine"
nine sorry steps
snake soles over
a bridge of distance¯
tennis?
the dry shuffle of a dare?
I haven't watched the road
for days, I haven't watched
the snails on their eerie pilgrimages
for whole days, wait,
weeks.
they forget every inch they kiss
dirtily over, or are eaten
by stupid birds.
K S
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