The City on the Hill
Joel E. Chace

Halfway there they spotted
Grandpa hoofing it
fast along the tracks
Said he'd landed cat-on-his-feet
in a bed of ferns

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But hellwe dance it!
When the best is spoiled or snaked away
we come to love what's left

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The Ghost will do anything
to staywill enter
bone marrowand other
soulsespecially those whose bones
have already turned to light