Napowrimo 2024 Day 5
THE ISLANDERS
After five hundred years they abandoned the island
it really could have been anywhere they had no clue
as to where they lived in relation to the mainland
or to any of the other islands in their archipelago
Clueless as to why they left and unable to understand
their strange language the governor of the mainland
chose to set them to work digging canals to transport
coal and peat to the city for fuel
The Islanders as they came to be known built little houses
for themselves beside the canal tow paths
meanwhile similar houses that they had previously lived in
on the now abandoned island had new occupants
Penguins as numerous as the grains of sand on the sea shore
had taken up residence there any thoughts of going back
to the wind swept isle would have to be shelved
as the whole island had now returned to nature
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