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windmills

by Clyde McCulley

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windmills

 

the old windmills

in Spain, slowly turning

large cloth blades

 

turning and grinding

ancient grains of the past

 

lined up in a row on a hillside

waiting for Don Quixote

to mistake them for giants

 

with his sidekick Sancho

he attacked them

only to get his lance

caught in the canvas blades

 

thought he had been tricked

by an evil...

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Monday 24th January 2022 9:48 pm

windmills   don Quixote

windmills

by Clyde McCulley

entry picture

windmills

 

 

the old windmills

in Spain, slowly turning

large cloth blades

turning and grinding

ancient grains of the past

 

lined up in a row on a hillside

waiting for Don Quixote

to mistake them for giants

 

with his sidekick Pancho

he attacked them

only to get his lance

caught in the canvas blades

 

thought he had been tricked

by an evil...

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Sunday 24th January 2021 4:47 pm

paranoid   politics   Quixote   windmills

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