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We may have

to take issue with Burl.

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There is nothing cramped about this monument.

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And that word implies, does it not, unfit for purpose?

Which Callanish most certainly is not.

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From a distance the stones resemble figures

gathering to moot,

and even up close that notion is

difficult to shake.

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And if they gather to converse

then it is with the moon and stars

that they hold congress.

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Unfortunately, at this time of year,

at this latitude on the globe,

we will be lucky to see any

of those heavenly bodies…

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And if the white night

fails to scupper us

cloud cover undoubtedly will!