What Saturn should have said to Jupiter:
That stone story was a lie:
I didn’t eat you, since I know you taste the worst.
The worm unwinds the stair
Climbing the cold smooth stone
Down to the tasty earth.
Consumption
Used to be
Grammatical.
What Saturn should have said to Jupiter:
“Don’t believe the story of the stone:
I wouldn’t eat you, knowing you’d taste the worst.”
A worm unwinds the stair
climbing the cold stone
toward tasty earth.
When consumption
was
grammatical.
What Saturn should have said to Jupiter:
“Don’t believe the story of the stone:
I’d never eat you, since you taste the worst.”
A worm unwinds the well,
climbing cold stone
to tasty earth.
Back when consumption
was still
metrical.
What Saturn should have said to Jupiter:
“Don’t believe the story of the stone:
I’d never eat you, since you taste the worst.”
The worm unwinds the well,
climbing rimed stone
to warm earth.
When consumption
still
scanned.
What Saturn should have said to Jupiter:
“Don’t believe the story of the stone:
I’d never eat you, since you taste the worst.”
The worm unwinds the well,
combing rimed stone
a soft tine toward warm earth.
A
golden
age
What Saturn should have said to Jupiter:
“Don’t believe the story of the stone:
I’d never eat you, since you taste the worst.”
The worm unwinds the well,
combing rimed stone
a soft tine warm earth.
a
gold
page
What Saturn should have said to Jupiter:
“Don’t believe the story of the stone:
I’d never eat you, since you taste the worst.”
The worm unwinds the well,
combing rimed stone
a soft tine warm earth.
an
old
rage
What Saturn should have said to Jupiter:
“Don’t believe the story of the stone:
I’d never eat you, since you taste the worst.”
The worm unwinds the well,
combing rimed stone
a soft tine warm earth.
an
aged
cage
What Saturn should have said to Jupiter:
“Don’t believe the story of the stone:
I’d never eat you, since you taste the worst.”
The worm unwinds the well,
combing rimed stone
a soft tine warm earth.
an
aged
Ida