
Ominous the Silence
September, 2020
Ominous the silence
of leaves before rain begins,
leaves that don’t move
but aren’t dead
rabbit in the grass
when the fox approaches
no wind stirs
the fragile hair
along its ears
Silence suffocates
leaves do nothing
the fox silent as
its tail-fur
lifts one paw
also silent
sky presses on eyes
silence holds forever
suspended like leaves
the rabbit
the fox
waiting
2020
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