Daphnis' Father

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…coming away
from Egairia’s happy laughter

stooping
in front
of a pile
of words

placing them in wings
to either side

laying a floor                                   
Into phrases

typing them
neatly
on a vertical page
 
                                      a nod
to obsession      fodder

he is building
a verbal
ladder
to
 
                                      a pastoral
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