Tuesday, October 30, 2012

Opposum



I saw the possum before.  I liked his feet.  I think people wanted to throw rocks at him.  He was where he didn't belong.  When everyone went away he came down.


I saw him on a night.

He was dying.  And I pulled over and I blocked traffic!

And I couldn't take one more thing I couldn't fix.

I couldn't fix.

It wasn't his time to stand.

The police came and they did not protect him.  I dialed numbers like in dream and there was no one to help him. It was up to me but I couldn't.


I saw him tonight.

In the hurricane rain I had listened to all day.

Dry.  He stood nose to nose with the hunter.

And he was safe.


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