to go beyond the ninth wave become irresponsible a day a month a lifetime to grasp those fey hours without consequence ahh -- what torrid fantasies nighttime breeds
And what you’ve not to do is this: bite no bit, and drink no drop, however hungry or thirsty you be; drink a drop, or bite a bit while in Elfland you be and never will you see Middle Earth again.
The Ballad of Childe Rowland
Balderdarsh! What does he know about such things?
© Michael Raven
