Friday, July 20, 2012

[in the woods]

 gravel road 
drifting side to side 
like a swing.

around a bend 
a grown raccoon
-back-and-forth-
on edge of the road

watching, darting
unsure
what to do. 

i wonder why

and i see
-her baby- 
in the middle of the road.
unmoving.

[a mother's grief.]

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