Friends Fall Out: Chapter 13

The Saga of Terminal City: The Complete Urban Epic

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Friends Fall Out: Chapter 13

by Cosmic Poet Simon Pole

In a shady grove, a man perspired
and swung from his sturdy shoulder a spade
with which to overturn the earthy loam.
Underneath, he exposes to the sun
a chest, and pulling its riveted boards
from the hole, wipes a cloth across his head,
before he sinks to the grass …