Half hidden under his motheaten blanket the moon pockmarked and sullen distilled the night over and over again. All around, a brooding silence.
Only his still growled like distant thunder. And fromΒ Β time to time his fire crackled. All else was still.
Then slowly little droplets started falling clear as drops of tear And i raised my head skyward and pushed my tongue out
Heavy and heady drops. The ***** stung, tasting vaguely of suppressed sobs of unrequited love juvenile fantasies ****** dreams. And a hint of birdsong.
I guess the rogue had wrung the neck of my songbird and tossed him into the still too. Because now only a lone insane rooster crows repeatedly as darkness fades.