ONCE UPON A TIME

Once upon a time, a long, long, long time ago, the moon

heard the clouds whispering there was a candle brighter

than the Moon itself. The rugged moon looked at the

Earth. She saw white peaks and golden forests. She saw

a man, sitting by the deck of a hut, sipping spice rum

and playing the banjo. 1,2, 3,4,5, the moon counted the

layers of the soul. A delicate, drawn dancer swaying her

hips along, as the tune shared the notes with the winds.

He sang of the wolf and the Moon.

He sang to the shadow. The candle sways. Slowly.

Slowly. Shattered. Suddenly. Slower. Sol. Six, the moon

sings the seconds to sunrise.

Music: Fall Creek Boys Choir, by Blake & Iver