Beyond Reach
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It slithered, wounded, off into a breach
within the granite face, obscured by brush.
Near vanquished in the fight,
aroused by cries of nesting thrush,
it caught a glimpse, as she skipped blithely by,
from its remaining reptilian eye.
Scarce mastering the rush,
tantalizingly close, but for now, beyond reach…
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a Mistress Broadstreet stanza (10a-10b-6c-8b-10d-10d-6b-12a)
for the Beyond Reach Poetry Contest
sponsored by Mystic Rose Rose
awitten on 12/26/22
Copyright © Jeff Kyser | Year Posted 2022
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