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"Of course, there could be far worse things you'd find unexpectedly." - Allen Ansell




You lift the stone

knowing what you will see:

The soil will be a shade darker

and there’ll be wriggling things -

a centipede or two, a worm,

decaying leaves ....

Never did you dream there’d be a key!

Bright shiny golden metal?

Glinting in the newly illuming light?

And ...

whereas the wriggling things

would have fulfilled your expectations,

the key only leaves you with more.





© Allen Ansell 2009, 2023