Photo by Hannah O’Leary
The Deer raise their brown heads
to make contact by eyes
and seem to acknowledge,
I’m the harmless neighbor.
No flight necessary,
and I proceed on task,
pinning up clothes to dry
by the cottage door.
Each taught to tug loose here
the Blackberries’ fresh leaves,
this family of four Deer
has come back-by to savor ….
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