----------------------------------------------------------------------------- THE TALES OF AYELSFARN (An Aethereal Menagerie) (Second Edition) Copyright 1991 by Robert Bryan Reinhardt ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Includes all original and revised poetry and prose ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The Tales of Ayelsfarn; An Aetherial Managerie I (1985) The Tales of Ayelsfarn; An Aetherial Managerie II (1991) Copyright 1985, 1991 by Robert Bryan Reinhardt ISBN 0-8059-2988-6 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ .c2. The land of Cockayne There is a place Where the shade-trees Are only for shade And on the ground Are abundantly found Gems of the finest Emerald and jade. No judgement is made For there is no-one to blame. Where is the place I cannot give name? There is a place Where transportation is a matter of ease. Those residing there May teleport anywhere they please. Where may exist Any uncommon architectural design? Yet never any boundaries or any such line. The answer is the title And within this clue: It is within an aethereal factor Necessary to understand these lines. The place I cannot give name . . . Exists only in one's own mind. -------------------------------------------------------- / / /__,_ _ o ____ /_ __. __ /_) (_