Tagged: defense
the yard’s first line of
the yard’s first line of
defense against deer – mama’s
pink calla lilies
.
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at the end of the
at the end of the
night, i store all of these pinpricks
in my heart, absorbed,
melted down into coarser,
even coarser elements, pray
.
20220421:0147
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the robins that built
the robins that built
its nest in the crook of our
white dogwood tree stayed
alert, with squirrels advancing –
no one knew the aftermath
.
20210719:1639
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the robin in our
the robin in our
yard is anti-social – having
marked our home as his
home, he defends our land all
day, atop his dogwood perch
.
20210623:0500
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perhaps beneath all
perhaps beneath all
the layers of being human
is humanity –
it takes tremendous patience
to peel back much of the husk
.
20210504:2259
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mom and dad vowed to
mom and dad vowed to
tighten up any loosened
screws before bed each
night so that we would
have another
chance by morning,
not be defenseless
.
20170618:1258
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hearts that stick it out
hearts that stick it out
together find a way to
warm any defense
.
20170609:0754
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they don’t tell you that
they don’t tell you that
with every decision comes a
shedding off of a
protective coat or a donning
of a layer – yes to both
.
20170525:2358
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even now, we are
even now, we are
rehearsing this newest
compulsion to
rebalance, a
gentle pressure to
resist,
but not so much
.
20170416:2241
y
every third hour, there
every third hour, there
is a slow sliding into
contentment, or an
okayness with the world, being
alive is a navigation
.
20170412:0726
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