Walking my dog into the labyrinth
he has no sense of following the path
(marked with stone and showing the way)
he prefers random ins and outs
sniffs along breaking the barriers
(set by man to keep us in line)
smudge on his nose
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dVerse prompt to write a quadrille and use the word smudge. I actually know a dog named Smudge but this is not about him. This is about my dog who always has his nose in just about everything.
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an elegy for Saul
After the death of the prophet Samuel
Saul
(abandoned by God)
no visions in prophesy or dream
the kingdom snatched from his hand
with the Philistines about to attack
Saul went to the witch of Endor anyway
surely you are Saul who has come to kill me said the witch who recognized him even in disguise (it is hard to fool a witch)
Saul swore to his God (who had abandoned him) he would not kill the witch
She conjured the spirit of prophesy
raised Samuel out of the grave
sent the king into battle knowing of his death
and that of his son
all that remained to him
was death
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