#riddlepoems — Public Fediverse posts

I took as token of surrender
Strange gifts received from silent sender:
A mouse, five arrows, frog and bird.
He walked away without a word,
Requiring no acute retort.
But soon I learned their true import:
That we’d be wise to swim or fly
Or hide… else in five days we die.

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