The Forty-Ninth Tale

Oh beautiful boy, 

that being of complete beauty,

won't you tell me what's on your mind?

Raise the oars and sing with the rest of humankind,

or maybe have a picnic

with the blue tragics in the attic.

Fly and soar with the planes down beneath the ocean

as you laugh and cry with the flowers of each passing season.

An enigma teeming with wonder and spirit,

won't you please tell me your little secret?

Filled with anger and filled with tears,

you continue to drown yourself in your own fears.

Tearing and ripping out butterfly wings,

that led misery to severe the strings

of love and reality.

A sting by a bee,

an ancient tune, a worn-out book, and a small plum tree.

Kunpimook, what do you mean by 1, 4 and 3?

Inspired by Calla Mae's Everybody Wants to Rule the World, Mark Haddon's The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, and Lucy Christopher's Stolen.