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.

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