...Callum's mother asks at last
How his grazes came to pass.
Callum says he ran and fell.
That, for now, is all he'll tell.
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The Boy Who Plays With Doves
Poetry"Hemlock, foxglove, nightshade three - / Shield me from catastrophe. / Silent lungs and final weeps. / Send my monsters back to sleep." Olden World, c. 1866: Shy Callum, the Seamstress's son, is an easy target for the village bullies. When Callum ac...
PART II - Cover-Up
...Callum's mother asks at last
How his grazes came to pass.
Callum says he ran and fell.
That, for now, is all he'll tell.
