— postcard · a village

posted · from a place with eleven roofs

greetings · the village

dearest —
a place with one shop and a forgotten name.
the baker calls everyone "child".
the cows on the hill watch me write this.
a dog followed me half a mile,
then thought better of it. — j.

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VILLAGE
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to the house
long lane · sometemple

a small place visited on purpose or by accident; the postcard does not say. the baker's habit appears in two other letters; the cows do not.

see also · pc · mountains · pc · capital · pc · train · forget · road

atlas · return