MacQueen’s Quinterly: Poetry & Hybrids: Lee Hudspeth: Fable

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Issue 30:	Sept. 2025
Solo Split	Sequence:
	32 words

By Lee Hudspeth

Fable

quarter moon 

	Luna 
	ferrying magic 
	horizon to horizon 

above the sea 

	in the distance 
	a shimmering trail 
	of possibilities 

a bedtime story 

	dragons and fairies 
	leaning in 
	for a happy ending

Bio: Lee Hudspeth

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