Sanctuary
Sound effects are a parallel life
made of common materials
wood blocks for hooves et cetera
I hear thunder above a prairie
I know to be shaken aluminum
I know there is a horse under it
not needing to be fed or broken
Diction
Great wheel pushing the river behind it
Under it the unattractive paddle cat
Not many left they say who’d know
so opaque with every state’s topsoil
even the water is feeling its way
Missouri Mississippi mingling esses
You put in a verb just to let off steam
They make fun of how you say calliope
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