Tale of a Seafaring Sheepdog

(Canto II)

"I've travelled far,

I've travelled wide

In Kathmandu I took a bride.

I've seen the ancient pyramids

Cavorted with some Caryatyds

And in Mandalay I chose to stray

(And now my wife has run away).

 I've seen strange things

Huge fish, with wings,

Swimming horses, where the males

Give birth to small ones, all with tails.

I've seen toads with toadlets in their backs

I've drunk pink milk from hairy yaks.

Seen fakir's carpets flying high

Their patterns shimmering in the sky.

I've had adventures of such form

I thought I'd never see the dawn;

I battled once with bold Aegir

That's how I came to lose an ear."

©The Poetic Priestess 2002