Through empty silence soft repose;
In the absence of complication,
our phantom voices haunt the breadth end;
trials and tribulations become distant memories.
Above sapphire skies delight sanguine eyes -
lie sleepless, a hum sings in our waking head,
muckle words unlock, branch, and root
inspiring forthcoming musings of the mind.
11/25/2019
Allow this
let this
be this...
...then
well, then
this'll be that
which then'll be
a new this.
just this
allow
be
breathe
see
just this
-ShhDragon
(for Gloria Muckle MacLean.)
Hawk-teuchin - spitting up phlegm
Nimmer - dinner
Gundie-guts - fat slobs
Mickle-moud - great big mouth
Sachleasly - Innocently
Muckle herts - big hearts
Rabbie wis hawk-teuchin frae the back o’ his sare throat,
Afore he gave his efter nimmer speech.
He said tae the landed gentry, “ye’re a set o’ gundie-guts,
But far be it frae me tae staund up here an’ preach.
Ye ken ah’ve stacks o’ gumption fur ye widna asked me by
Tae render words o’ prose frae ma mickle-moud:
Sae sachleasly ah’ll spout ma rhyming ware fur ye,
It’ll mak yer muckle herts feel staunch an’ proud.”
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