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Enchanted (A Brief Homage to Catherynne Valente’s “The Orphan Tales”)

Days like this
I wish I could be
With St.Sigrid, sailing the seas
With a crew full of women (pirates they be!)
Led by a “foxy” lady named Tommy
Oh, to be so wild and free!

Days like this, the Leucrotta I’d like to meet
Along with the Marsh King
I’d sit at their feet
Listening to them slightly bicker
As they share stories of the past
And worlds within worlds, brilliant and vast

I’d travel with the wolf monks
To a city of splendor
See the satyr and selkie
With their love so tender

Days like these I wish I was in the garden of night
Moon shining down, our only light
The fragrance of jasmine and roses perfuming the air
Safe and secure in this secret lair
While the mysterious orphan wth eyes marked by ink
Weaves tales so intoxicating, each one a link
To a story within a story…oh what I would give!
To listen to her magic, a willing captive
As doors open to worlds I’ve never before seen
My heart and soul soar as my mind starts to dream

On days like this as I sit at my desk, I am working and listening to what is said
But in my mind I am traveling on an adventure
With my monster sisters aboard The Maidenhead…

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