{"sf1_id":1177036,"sf2_id":"JewjNPK1","title":"Spinning Straw","author":"charles_they","words":109,"posted_at":"2017-05-02T02:17:19.000Z","tags":["Bunny","Clean","Folk Tale","Hare","Non-Anthro","Poem","Poetry","Rabbit","farmer","haiku"],"url":"https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/1177036-spinning-straw","original_url":"https://sofurry.com/s/JewjNPK1","image_url":"https://cdn.sofurryfiles.com/submissions/thumbnails/75/af/75af0b60-3e23-4a8f-af28-b3934bf93a4c","description":"A retelling of a common folk tale in the form of haikus.","content":"### Spinning Straw\n\nthatch-roofed farmer's born inside the loft new hare amid golden straw\n\nsnow fur like fresh milk ladled out in silver bowls over discussion\u0026nbsp;\n\nan adoption—how? son visits daily chores bringing blankets\u0026nbsp;\n\nwinter fabric comes uninvited guests—white bandits descend on rooftops\u0026nbsp;\n\ncreaking winds ripping collapsing stores then stolen from torn barn ruins\n\nno hare harmed inside golden fleece awaits farmer without barn or crops\n\ntheir salvation—how? farmer goes nightly finds fine silks within\u0026nbsp;\n\nneedling eyes bite the unseen hand that feeds thread followed to spools\u0026nbsp;\n\nunraveling looms over an old empty wheel spins yarn no longer\u0026nbsp;\n\nfleeced—planting returns a barn to former glory inside full milk bowl.","series":{"name":"Poetry Postings","previous":"https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/1176173-hunting-ground.json","next":"https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/1178108-the-grin-in-the-window.json"}}