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Sunday, May 21, 2023

toss


by genghis gilgamesh



the redhaired princess tossed the blue ball, and the white dog chased it down the dusty road to a green bush.

was the green bush in the middle of the dusty road?

no, it was on the right side of the road as the dog ran down it, headed south.

the direction the invading army was approaching from.

a rider on a black steed came up the road with a message for the redhaired princess.

that night a great ball was held in the golden castle, and the rider on the black steed asked the redhaired princess to dance.

was he riding the black steed when he asked the princess to dance?

no, the steed was changed unto a raven and was flying back to to headquarters of the invading army.

while the dancing commenced, the three wisest creatures in the kingdom, the chief astrologer, the dowager queen, and the white dog, put their heads together beside the punchbowl, and deliberated on the ramifications of destiny and he fate of empires.

when the ball was over, the princess was attended to by her three ravenhaired maids, who were a witch, a demon, and a vampire.

her long red hair fell to the ground, and outside, the wind began to howl.

when the sun rose, madness gripped the kingdom. the white dog ran the dusty road, but no one tossed it a blue ball, or any ball.

the dog continued running down the road until it came to the sea, where it signed on as first mate on a tramp steamer headed for a mysterious island in the new world.


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