Lilliputian

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Lilliputian


Call me
scavenger.

So I had to
steal, beg, and bribe:

Steeple keepers,
captains, fishermen,
merchants, ferrymen,
nagsmen, magicians,

those noose men

whose squareknots, overhands,
bowlines & sheetbends
are now loosed,
stretched into
straight lengths;

Tangled nets
unwoven,
pulled & driven,

prayers,
asking integrity's strength.




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Lilliputian

Tease,
call me
scavenger.

So I had to
steal, beg, and bribe:

Steeple keepers,
captains, fishermen,
merchants, ferrymen,
nagsmen, magicians,

those noose men

whose squareknots, overhands,
bowlines & sheetbends
are now loosed,
stretched into
straight lengths;

Tangled nets
forever unwoven,
pulled & driven,

prayers,
asking integrity's strength.