Turtle

Turtle

Naked men grabbed

      its large shell

abandoned when Turtle

ascended to

      its Great Being.

Thinking cauldron,

men burst this shell.

Yet Turtle did not curse

us and still carries

our world on its back.

[mythopoeia]

Turtle

Naked men grabbed

      its large shell

abandoned when Turtle

ascended to

      its Great Being.

Thinking cauldron,

men burst this shell.

Yet Turtle did not curse

us and still carries

our world on its back.

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