a boy who lived in such a yonder town
in tales of woe is likely often found.
they are passed down in solemn elder's tales
to keep us safe supposedly from those
such wits and wills they deem too troublesome
to meet the hearts and minds of younger ones
and wolf, he cried, the boy three times, and then
he died. a wolf four times the boy did spy
and then he died. and villagers speak the pain
of lies. if only they knew the wolf sometimes
is in the mind. if only their hearts could hold
that real is not always so simply defined
other things said
conspiracies when thwarted too become
someone left holding ginger thumb