Tuesday, 17 December 2024

in the forest

 









in the forest  

 

a glimpse of a deer fleeting

through trees and undergrowth

the fleeing muscular panic   the flow

of music   the syncopation of branches

snapping   the fear and feared   there

and gone   in a car park   a shopping centre

in the x-ray of a bone

 

stopping somewhere

hidden   eyes gleaming

nostrils flaring   snorting

breathing   a heart beating

decrescendo   a violin   a piano

on a patio   a desk in an office

an armchair in a place called home

 

still   birdsong   laughter

the play of light on leaves

voices   a choir

acknowledging a stranger

sotto voce    in the forest

the head bending

the tongue lapping at water

 

licking at stone

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