Thursday, August 25, 2022

An Owl Answers

Well before dawn
In the village
The other day,
An owl, softly

Hooted an hour,
Something hadn’t
Happened before,
Not that you’d heard.

Four hoos, four more.
Soft pause, four more.
Meditative
Almost, talking

To itself, self-
Soothing sounding.
And then, surprise,
A second owl.

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