Monday, May 28, 2018

Speaking a few words




The sidewalk ahead was uneven.
Rain had begun to fall.
I saw four bunnies in the clover.
Two were near the street
and two were farther up by the driveway.
Suddenly, one bunny hopped up and over the other one
and then they both hopped off through a hedge.
Then the two bunnies waiting by the driveway  
followed the first two bunnies away.
And then, so very quickly, I saw no bunnies at all.
I stood alone.
Rain had begun to fall.
The sidewalk ahead was uneven.
If I speak of questions of consequence
and inconsequence,
where should I begin
and where should I end?
I saw four bunnies in the clover
and suddenly there were none.