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Going-to-the-Sun

Chapter 30: CONCERNING THE MOUSE WITH TWO TAILS
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A collection of lyrical and narrative poems set against Rocky Mountain landscapes, blending travel memoir, nature meditation, and playful fantasy. Recurring mountain-top scenes frame meditations on sunsets, comets, and a thought-boat that surveys an imagined map of the United States, while other pieces evoke folkloric figures, talking animals, fairies, and circus imagery. Several poems mix cosmic or religious wonder with humble domestic details, and the tone shifts from whimsical satire to earnest reverie. Short, illustrated verses alternate with longer, imaginative poems that explore place, memory, and the mingling of everyday life with mythic visions.

Now she was fond of jewelry,
The Lady-of-Fiddle-Dee-Dee,
So she built her house
Near an oyster bed,
Where the pearls were almost free.

THE LAND HORSE AND THE SEA HORSE

The Sea Horse!
Every wave he rides.
And nobody
Rides him.

CONCERNING THE MOUSE WITH TWO TAILS

WORDS ABOUT AN ANCIENT QUEEN

Inscribed with Apologies to Lytton Strachey