The millipede was a foot long, but, some might ask, whose foot? Its own feet being quite petite might suggest Lilliput. But though it wasn't a footlong foot, it was long for a bug, a worm, a beetle, a wood mouse, a spider, or a slug. A snake that long would be a babe, or, at least, quite stunted. So, now I find my amazement being a bit blunted.
cowbells clang, the bleating flock trots up a dusty road; the rising dust plume seen before the goats
even the branches of a brawny Kapok Tree sway in the wind
dancers held hands and frolicked in circles, only by moonlight
The tawny landscape was tinged with the green that landlubbers take on in rolling seas or flatlanders show on a high mountain pass. The world looked like it was being viewed through shooter's glasses -- except for the azure infinity overhead that was unafflicted by sickly hues. Railroad tracks arced the length of the valley and it was a long valley - so long the tracks almost looked line like. The lack of other signs of humanity might have led one to believe it was the train to nowhere, but there was a solitary station in the middle of the valley and there can't be a station in the middle of nowhere on the way to nowhere. Or, can there be? Maybe, nowhere is like infinity, existing in larger and smaller degrees. a single building and a long covered platform, but just i, waiting
The Conquistador who "founded" Cuzco apparently, did not get the memo. "My lips to your ear, it's already there. It's been a city since Moors ruled Toledo."
undulating waves beat bumpers into the dock - gentle knocking sound
A mother who was visiting Amsterdam strolled around town pushing her child's pram. 'twas such a delight 'til she hit the red lights, and her boy saw a game of hide the wild yam.
hanging off a ledge, parakeets fall into flight to their next perch
