Sunday, June 29, 2014

Animal Sanctuary

Lawrence Hall
mhall46184@aol.com



Animal Sanctuary

An ordinary lawn, an old oak tree
Beneath it at dusk baby bunnies hop
An island of peace in a suburban sea
Blessed by Saint Francis of the Garden Shop

Sweet little birds pause at the feeder there
To gossip loudly over their breakfast seeds
This Eden where all creatures play free of care,
Well-tended, mown, and free of prickly weeds

A delicate deer has been known to browse
The grass at dawn, and creatures great and small
Know that the yard around our little house
Is a happy haven, safe for them all

But today we saw, in this pretty world,
Buzzards devouring the corpse of a squirrel

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