585

 I blur the land for

Food and shelter before

Stillness brings it back

584 rabbit

The rabbit ran as if in a dream
The dog noticed not but I saw
All the rabbits
The first  under the shed
In the jaws of our other dog
Screaming for the next life
The second  lived in our garden
For a week or two escaping only
To return marooned on our estate
With us in our lives without children
No escape for any of us
I saw the rabbit dream running
Perhaps for a fortnight
Skipping down pends ducking under cars
The last time on its hind legs
Right in front of my window
I was the first to blink
When I opened my eyes again
You were flat from a car
A merest baby on the roadside
Without eyes