{"id":232,"date":"2026-03-07T18:53:11","date_gmt":"2026-03-07T18:53:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thyrsus.info\/?p=232"},"modified":"2026-03-07T20:51:56","modified_gmt":"2026-03-07T20:51:56","slug":"the-villager-cousin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thyrsus.info\/index.php\/2026\/03\/07\/the-villager-cousin\/","title":{"rendered":"The Villager Cousin"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section admin_label=&#8221;section&#8221;]<br \/>\n\t\t\t[et_pb_row admin_label=&#8221;row&#8221;]<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t[et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243;][et_pb_text admin_label=&#8221;Text&#8221;]<span style=\"color: black;\">From the hedgerow\u00a0<br data-start=\"242\" data-end=\"245\" \/>a pheasant bursts \u2013<br \/>\ncopper neck, carnival tail,\u00a0<br data-start=\"293\" data-end=\"296\" \/>a prince in threadbare velvet,\u00a0<br data-start=\"326\" data-end=\"329\" \/>flouncing through a court<br \/>\nno one attended.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"caret-color: #000000; font-variant-caps: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; widows: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; word-spacing: 0px;\" data-start=\"378\" data-end=\"433\"><span style=\"color: black;\">Its rusty cry\u00a0<br data-start=\"391\" data-end=\"394\" \/>jerks the wheel,\u00a0<br data-start=\"410\" data-end=\"413\" \/>a herald of chaos.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"caret-color: #000000; font-variant-caps: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; widows: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; word-spacing: 0px;\" data-start=\"435\" data-end=\"571\"><span style=\"color: black;\">The villager cousin\u00a0<br data-start=\"454\" data-end=\"457\" \/>of the royal peacock,\u00a0<br data-start=\"478\" data-end=\"481\" \/>gaudy with borrowed grandeur,\u00a0<br data-start=\"510\" data-end=\"513\" \/>ignorant of roads,\u00a0<br data-start=\"531\" data-end=\"534\" \/>blissfully sovereign in the meadow.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"caret-color: #000000; font-variant-caps: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; widows: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; word-spacing: 0px;\" data-start=\"573\" data-end=\"766\"><span style=\"color: black;\">It lifts \u2013<br \/>\nawkward, brilliant,\u00a0<br data-start=\"604\" data-end=\"607\" \/>a fluttering coronation,\u00a0<br data-start=\"631\" data-end=\"634\" \/>its crown a flash of feathers\u00a0<br data-start=\"663\" data-end=\"666\" \/>against the sky,\u00a0<br data-start=\"682\" data-end=\"685\" \/>already scheming\u00a0<br data-start=\"701\" data-end=\"704\" \/>another triumph \u2013<br \/>\nwhile the birds bow politely, unbothered.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column]<br \/>\n\t\t\t[\/et_pb_row]<br \/>\n\t\t[\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From the hedgerow\u00a0a pheasant bursts \u2013 copper neck, carnival tail,\u00a0a prince in threadbare velvet,\u00a0flouncing through a court no one attended. 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