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twisting tales ( selat gnitsiwt )

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the dream was not a dream

until the dreamer dreamt

of bends within beginnings

& stings in twisting tales

a spanner in the quirks

a hornet in an apiary

the beige beyond the rage

& so the serpents sing

of scorpions at war

the milkman is a hobgoblin

the sea is up above

& ground is underground

the wolf is but a sheep

& shepherd boys are androids

the sun was once the moon

the stars are distant candles

the secret is the garden

the butler was a patsy

who couldn’t kill a fly

a monkey wrote the bible

your uncle is a goat

your godmother’s an antelope

the whirled is spun with mirrors

& this is not a poem

( gotcha )

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