Like a canted boat beached on dry land,
you sleep on the yellow stripes in the middle of the road.
You lie near skunk who is black, white…and red.
One Wing covers your head.
Does it shield your sensitive eyes from the sun?
Don’t you know that is a bad place to sleep?
On my next visit, someone has spirited you away.
Are you in a better place?
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Ethel and I love the first line, Russ. A barred owl sleeping in the middle of the road and then gone? What an experience!
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Why would this leave me with a feeling of peacefulness…
No, wait. It took me a minute…
it’s how I felt when my husband, mother(s), father, ‘fell asleep’ and were spirited away.
(…bookmarked…)
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Reblogged this on the old fossil writes and commented:
“Please wake up,” I always say, before I bow my head and accept…
(visit this page. you won’t be disappointed.)
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