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enjoy this Brandon S. Roy writing in the Down in the Dirt free 2011 PDF file chapbook: Ghost (click on the front cover image or the title text to download the free PDF file)				You can also order this as a 2011 6" x 9" perfect-bound paperback ISBN# book! Click on the cover spread for the book Ghost

The Witch

Brandon S. Roy

The old witch that sings of ancient love,
of good days gone by, the old world.
Her head flutters and her foot taps.
The words bow from her lips.

Alone in the shade, wrinkled by time,
she sits with the old shepherd watching
the fields and crops, sloping pines
cutting wooden sticks, a poor rich life

She no longer has faith in magic, only
grief for those around her, weeping
She is an old wretch with care,
with an old soul and cryptic wisdom

The shepherd, her friend, her lover,
Was spared her relentless fate,
They have never been torn or separated.
She wanders aimlessly as a bug

Looking in the field which is serene and empty,
Nowhere, nothing makes her happy or sad
She finds that relief is no help;
With tears sinking and heart torn, she is lost

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