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The man standing in the booth placing the tickets into her hands for the fun-house loomed largely in front of her with arms comprised of iron muscle. She remembered the gray cataract that covered over one of his eyes and the terrified feeling it gave her. She had been too young to understand the malady. To her; his eye looked as though it belonged to a creature from the sea. A frightening creature composed of reptilian and fish like attributes, which would pull unsuspecting prey underneath the d
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― River at the World's Dawn
― River at the World's Dawn
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On little horses
disguised as panthers
the children eat the moon
as if it were a cherry.
Rage, rage, Marco Polo!
On a wheel fantastic,
the children see horizons
unknown on all the earth.
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― The Cricket Sings: Poems & Songs for Children
― The Cricket Sings: Poems & Songs for Children