Appalachian Elegy *3

Photo by Dawn Gaddis on Unsplash

night moves

through the thick dark

a heavy silence outside

near the front window

a black bear

stamps down plants

pushing back brush

fleeing manmade

confinement

roaming unfettered

confident

any place can become home

strutting down

a steep hill

as though freedom

is all

in the now

no past

no present

षट्

Written By Bell Hooks

(1952-2021)
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