Thanks to. . .

Sasami - thanks! (It would be nice if you said something I could respond to. I feel sort of stupid just saying 'thanks!' But you don't have to. . .)

Metaphorical - I am honored that you chose to read and review, then! You became a . . . phan? (confused look) Please tell me what you mean.

Aerinha - If rhyme scheme is something that interests you, I'd like to point out that each character (poet?) has their own rhyme scheme, which is the same each time, except the Beast, because he's not full human, or something like that. Which
I think is nifty.

In this poem, I do not own the name Tousle. It is the name of a character in Gary D. Schmidt's book, Straw into Gold. It rocks. The name, I mean. But the book rocks, too.

Tousle: Explanation/Advice

she's the odd one
the isolated one
the one on her own
living up a ways
through these woods
in an old abandoned home
some say it a castle
all covered with vines
but I've never been
when she was young
she lost both her parents
and took flight as a wren
she used to be one of us
she could've been
one of us, true
but she chose the life
she's livin' now
so leave her alone, you

As to who Tousle is, and who he's talking to, you'll find out. . .eventually.

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