(x = space)
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Tricksy
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Not the wife of Norton
More like the creature
In the cave
On an island
In the lake
Who paddled
Throttled fish
Or goblins
And had one precious thing
That in the contest for it
He was sure
He had been hoodwinked
Of it
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Which is an approach
To life
For some
To foresee and draft
A plan for taking
What’s desired
Or escape
Or something else from Earth
To own
Maybe to give away
The planet as a medium
For catch-and-release
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Or an item
To pull out
From time to time
Like a jewel from the safe
Of one’s own
Righteous things
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Something not to adjudicate
But to employ
When the thick is thin
And we in
The thick and thin of it
And this recourse will help
With or without
Preamble
Or an ongoing commentary
To say
Look at this clever thing I’m doing
It will save our bacon
Should we have any bacon
Either way
Quandary resolved
Some measure of escape
And I picked up something helpful
On the way out
Into daylight
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The thief’s
The hero’s testimony
And we allow
What’s taken
As an exigent chapter
In the story
Of the quest
That passed under mountains
In the dark
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Go Westmarch, Young Hobbit
(paean-ish)
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Silly hobbit
Writing as if at Bree
In a room above
The raucous tributes
Below
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Not in the study
Preparing contributions
To the read book
That is so important
It is red
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But there is time
For twilight
And smoke rings
Beer and cake
Or something better
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Maybe watch
For someone to come by
Whom we anticipate
Especially
When not there
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And Middle-Earth goes by
And we ponder
Dancing steps
That might please Bombadil
While Goldberry
Marks the time
With other details
Of the party
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(title a corruption of advice by Horace Greeley)
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