The villagers that reside

to the south of the river

are the stuff of local nightmares

they frighten us - we shiver.





Those southerners they ingest

human flesh,

stir tea anti-clockwise

plus the animals & incest.





~





As the river flows through

the heart of this village

it alligns, defines

& keeps the North safe in its grim.





We burned the bridge last April

muttered curses - turned the tables

but there's some nasty hearsay circling

apparently they can swim

...