
Crones seated on worn rabbit skin
tend cauldrons, bubbling spiced limes;
faceless mummers mime
busily bumbling bees.
Hearth fire
wandering aimlessly
seeking safe passage—
or escape.
Crystalline dewfall quenching
Viking thirsts and Roman lusts,
deflating Norman egos.
© 2025 Bruno Talerico
Stafford challenge 244/365.