on the cornflowerswhite tailed bumblebees
© Rachel Green 2019
not so long ago
they bound the river god here
chained him to a great wheel
made him work for the Men.
his mother, the sky,
saw him enslaved;
sent the sudden thaw
the break the wheel of his labour.
The Men, humbled,
bargain for lives, livlihood
sacrifice goats, chickens,
children. Appease the Spirits.
Co-operation.
The wheel turns again.
© Rachel Green 2019
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