Thursday, May 31, 2007

Herbivore Incursion

Went for a ride at dusk on my bike. Skirted the nearby woods - county "forest preserve." As I was gliding along the bike path, I saw something beige and four-footed ahead. I slowed down, in case it was a mean dog.

Nope. It was a deer, a very skinny deer, and it watched me warily. After a while it went back to eating the clover.

I've spent a lot of time over the years in this particular woods. I have never seen a deer here before.

Neighbors, start guardin'
Your vegetable gardens!
Tremble in fear.

Voracious deer
Are here.

I only saw one, but the word
Is they come in a herd.

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