The Tattie-Bogle - by
The tattie-bogle wags his airms:
/ Caw! Caw! Caw!
/ He hasna onie banes or thairms:
/ Caw! Caw! Caw!
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/ We corbies wha hae taken tent,
/ And wamphl’d…
scarecrows
The Messengers - by
Arriving late sometimes and never
/ Quite expected, still they come,
/ Bringing a folded meaning home
/ Between the lines, inside the letter.
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/ As a scarecrow…