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[bwbw_aabb]

Zecora has located a table
with the best lighting she was able,
and now is sorting through a pile of ferns,
each frond of which she gently turns
to inspect the bright green leaf's
vermillion-spotted underneath.

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[fry_sandhu]

"He does." Fry says emphatically
"He helps to run the infirmary
But not right now, I think that maybe
He's at the hospital with the baby."

[bwbw_aabb]

"Indeed? Has your family grown of late?
My congratulations! This is great!"

[fry_sandhu]

"Yes." Fry says. "He wasn't expected."
A brother's a brother and still needs protected
"He came to us sooner rather than later
So he has to spend time in an incubator."

[bwbw_aabb]

"Ai! My sympathies for the situation,
and the best of luck on his incubation.
I would offer a helpful tonic, but the fact
is I do not know how primates would react.
No unnecessary risk, whether small or great,
should be taken on an infant in such a state."

[fry_sandhu]

"We aren't allowed." the young boy said
"To put things in or touch his head.
Dad says it's for his own protection."
Of course it's there to stop infection.

[bwbw_aabb]

Nod. "He sounds to be at a delicate stage.
Best to leave him until well and of a greater age."

[fry_sandhu]

"Do you have a sister or a brother?"
Questions asked, one after another.

[bwbw_aabb]

"I have two of each, whom I miss very much;
though I am far from home, we keep in touch."

[fry_sandhu]

"How do you touch from far away?"
He tilts his head a little way.

[bwbw_aabb]

"We send letters, and packages of care.
The pegasi fly them from here to there."

[fry_sandhu]

"I know you don't have the same leg as us."
Fry says "But what please is a Pegasus?"

[bwbw_aabb]

"A pegasus is a pony with wings.
I hear human worlds do not have such things?"

[fry_sandhu]

"Not," Fry says, "Far as I know.
But we might not see where they go."

[bwbw_aabb]

"You are very wise not to assume,
though they are often not subtle as through the sky they zoom."

[fry_sandhu]

"I have to go." the boy declares.
"Mum's home soon, she's getting éclairs."

[bwbw_aabb]

"I am glad we had a chance to meet.
Run along and enjoy your treat."