NaPoMo NZ Day 12 - NZ fairytale, fable, or parable
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The story of re-creation as a neo-tale, retold in a diverse cultural environment


so Maui pulled out
the perfect picnic spot

and Kupe discovered Aotearoa
then came the hot air balloon
Tawhiri Matea sent gentle winds
Papatuanuku and Ranginui
sailed through the world
cuddled up in an embrace
the children went unnoticed
needed no visas
until the parents upon reaching
some island
saw some monks offer their
sun salutations
tried to do the same

each time they did
the upward dog
or the downward dog
there was light
then they each did the plank
the children
were freed of darkness
crept away
only to get back into the hot air balloon

Like Anita's daughter hollers
for her, holding the door of the elevator ajar
the children in harmonised voices
called out to their parents
who swam back

they all flew back to NZ
thanks to the favourable winds
thanks to the son who controlled them
but they grew fond of idli sambar

so each Sunday one child
flies the airbus to idli-sambar land
and back again

they say the olden tale is charming
but the new rules of aviation
do not allow darkness to move in
without a visa
and darkness melts away

who wants to know why?
Not me
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NaPoMo NZ Day 12 - NZ fairytale, fable, or parable - by just mercedes - 10-12-2017, 07:50 AM
RE: NaPoMo NZ Day 12 - NZ fairytale, fable, or parable - by just mercedes - 10-12-2017, 10:19 AM
RE: NaPoMo NZ Day 12 - NZ fairytale, fable, or parable - by just mercedes - 10-12-2017, 04:22 PM
RE: NaPoMo NZ Day 12 - NZ fairytale, fable, or parable - by Anna - 10-13-2017, 01:39 AM
RE: NaPoMo NZ Day 12 - NZ fairytale, fable, or parable - by just mercedes - 10-13-2017, 03:44 AM



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