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the premonition revealed the great
hunter Orion, oxhide and earthborn,
stepping down on a winter’s night
across waves and weft,
he strode in search of his quarry
hunter Orion, oxhide and earthborn,
stepping down on a winter’s night
across waves and weft,
he strode in search of his quarry
he found none
our star-lain hero tarried though,
and the encroaching dawn,
his unbenighted admirer,
was able to ensnare him
and the encroaching dawn,
his unbenighted admirer,
was able to ensnare him
the dawn’s light radiated through the
gaping hole in his left shoulder,
holding and healing the mortal
wound from the scorpion Betelgeuse
the great hunter was trapped
unable to free his shoulder
from the light
gaping hole in his left shoulder,
holding and healing the mortal
wound from the scorpion Betelgeuse
the great hunter was trapped
unable to free his shoulder
from the light
quickly, his old blade
was drawn and then sheathed
and in the end,
he had returned to the sky,
freed;
his left arm, severed,
faded with the dawn;
and the wound remained,
trapped in place, the light still shining
through it
was drawn and then sheathed
and in the end,
he had returned to the sky,
freed;
his left arm, severed,
faded with the dawn;
and the wound remained,
trapped in place, the light still shining
through it
or maybe his arm just
fell off one day.
fell off one day.