Deerkill
traffic inching, mind rushing
anxious tempos that traffic does not halt
then doe in a heap -- as carcass comes into view.
already, traffic news warns
deerkill is slowing traffic to a standstill on a daily commute paved through wild life, far to the south,
same route
others are slowed by 12 hundred pound alligator
sunbathing
anxious tempos that traffic does not halt
then doe in a heap -- as carcass comes into view.
already, traffic news warns
deerkill is slowing traffic to a standstill on a daily commute paved through wild life, far to the south,
same route
others are slowed by 12 hundred pound alligator
sunbathing
slowed by innocent
crashing
over white line
into white tail
waking stomach, mind, recall --
the men in Vermont had a deer camp
and bright orange vests that kept them
from shooting each other. This I remember
as the topic turned
to guns
words
declared over beer
Using guns
against deer is shamefully unfair. A deer
will feed my family for a winter, maybe more
It is a sport. It is an industry. It is food. It is
an excuse to own a gun.
Opinions emerge. Positions unify. Energy clarifies. Stark disconnects
speak through a congested atmosphere. The private
school down the road has a rifle range - good
marksmen get credit toward graduation. A boy
I knew got credit, he said he would never
kill deer
crashing
over white line
into white tail
waking stomach, mind, recall --
the men in Vermont had a deer camp
and bright orange vests that kept them
from shooting each other. This I remember
as the topic turned
to guns
words
declared over beer
Using guns
against deer is shamefully unfair. A deer
will feed my family for a winter, maybe more
It is a sport. It is an industry. It is food. It is
an excuse to own a gun.
Opinions emerge. Positions unify. Energy clarifies. Stark disconnects
speak through a congested atmosphere. The private
school down the road has a rifle range - good
marksmen get credit toward graduation. A boy
I knew got credit, he said he would never
kill deer
It does not take expertise to kill.
Passion, fear, retaliation are killers.
When paths cross, bullets, roads, knives,arrows
cut to the quick . The archer
had killed deer many times
with a bow and arrow. Said this was more fair for the doe
then guns...he trained his aim for hours, days, weeks, seasons
of deerkilling,
this hunter without a gun. He could not buy a
gun, he knew accidents happen.
He knew.
Passion, fear, retaliation are killers.
When paths cross, bullets, roads, knives,arrows
cut to the quick . The archer
had killed deer many times
with a bow and arrow. Said this was more fair for the doe
then guns...he trained his aim for hours, days, weeks, seasons
of deerkilling,
this hunter without a gun. He could not buy a
gun, he knew accidents happen.
He knew.
I saw a deer by the highway shoulder
out of range of guns, arrows, and for the moment
cars
I looked back as traffic slowed over concrete, the super trail filled with rushing hearts
stopped
by one dead doe. Accidents
happen. Can't buy a gun. Can't practice for credit.
Fear stops me. Like the alligator, my blood runs to warm
in the sun.
out of range of guns, arrows, and for the moment
cars
I looked back as traffic slowed over concrete, the super trail filled with rushing hearts
stopped
by one dead doe. Accidents
happen. Can't buy a gun. Can't practice for credit.
Fear stops me. Like the alligator, my blood runs to warm
in the sun.
Originally posted in a thread 12.24.12 because of Newtown Shootings. ` -- claiming innocence and rattling our sense of humanity.
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