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A Rabbit's Run (a Villanelle)
A free spirit not born in domestication.
She swooned when gently scratched behind her ears.
when she needed, that bunny got our attention.
A gray-brown cottontail of Eastern extraction.
Given gratis with cage, nary a tear.
A free spirit not born in domestication
it’s strange she didn’t suffer electrocution.
when with incisors, power cords she’d shear.
When she needed, that bunny got our attention.
The cat’s approach provoked her defense reaction.
A startling, loud back-foot THUMP!! we would hear.
A free spirit not born in domestication.
Feeding her veggie scraps from meal preparation.
is a happy memory I hold dear.
When she needed, that bunny got our attention.
She mustered a squeak, her first vocalization.
begging me stay while she passed from this sphere.
A free spirit not born in domestication.
When she needed, that bunny got our attention.
(In November 2015, I wrote this poem from the bunny's perspective, https://deepundergroundpoetry.com/poems/222283-safe-well-fed/)
Published 21st Apr 2020
Author's Note
Dedicated to Thumper Bunny. Though not like a dog, effusive with affection, and not real talkative, through no fault of your own. You spoke when it was profoundly important To this day you are sincerely missed.
NaPo/GloMo/WriMo 2020 #21
NaPo/GloMo/WriMo 2020 #21
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22nd Apr 2020 00:34am
Love for a pet a pure and profound.
Animals have made me a nicer person.
Awesome poem.
Animals have made me a nicer person.
Awesome poem.
22nd Apr 2020 00:51am
Thank you so much NikkiMoe❣️❣️ I believe the same is true if myself. Animals show us innocent, unconditional love...okay sometimes it's conditional if they're waiting to be fed 😁😘
23rd Apr 2020 8:59pm
Honoring the spirits that come and go from our lives says a lot about the compassionate awareness of the person who does it. 💖
24th Apr 2020 6:18am
