Tonight's Poet Corner: Sonnet Solstice #186
We Slept
by Belinda Roddie
We slept together 'til the sun came up,
and the creatures of the world crawled over
to our cot. I swore that one of them spoke,
and it was telling its swarm to attack.
That's why I jumped up and began to scream,
which only strengthened the animals' wrath,
and when I unsheathed my sword, there you were,
already loading arrows on your bow,
three at a time. The beasts were quite impressed,
I think, by our cajones, and so they
withdrew, but I was sure they would return,
so I told you we needed to pack up
and leave for other meadows. Or perhaps
I'm still asleep, or my sanity's lapsed.
by Belinda Roddie
We slept together 'til the sun came up,
and the creatures of the world crawled over
to our cot. I swore that one of them spoke,
and it was telling its swarm to attack.
That's why I jumped up and began to scream,
which only strengthened the animals' wrath,
and when I unsheathed my sword, there you were,
already loading arrows on your bow,
three at a time. The beasts were quite impressed,
I think, by our cajones, and so they
withdrew, but I was sure they would return,
so I told you we needed to pack up
and leave for other meadows. Or perhaps
I'm still asleep, or my sanity's lapsed.
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