Friday, November 24, 2023

Rod Smith


Shadows Are Our Friend



To discover the rabbit/duck requires a certain amount of light.

A rabbit can duck, & does, in the presence of predatory birds,

into shadow/ This does not help the rabbit if the bird is an owl.

Do owls ever feel happy? My guess is no.

This might be about a short-term relationship I had.


This might be about a short-term relationship I had

Shortly after my son missed a curve at midnight

on a full moon. There is some reason to believe

he was trying to miss a deer.


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