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Open Poetry #31

The Rabbit

wordwizard
Member

since 2003-09-08

Posts 483
on the way to next world

0 posted 2004-04-02 11:34 PM

Watch a rabbit pop out of a poetic hat
a common animal become rare just like that;
Imagine its wild cousin must have triumphed
in his day
when and how its numbers dwindle, do I have a say?

A picture of a bunny in a basket is on its way
but rabbit stew portions grace silver trays;
am not the keeper of the arc, or a guarantor of
animal plenty
am just a voyager in time, here to watch animal
stores go empty...

How long will the magician pull this critter
from a hat,
and for bunny disppearances to occur just like that?
the bunny in the basket just a thing of the past
of the hare in the field, are they here to last?

[This message has been edited by wordwizard (04-03-2004 11:55 PM).]

Grover
Senior Member

since 2004-01-27

Posts 1967
London, ON, Canada

1 posted 2004-04-03 02:28 PM

Gets me thinking. Thanks for the interesting read.

Nightshade

Member Patricius

since 2001-08-31

Posts 13962
just out of reach

2 posted 2004-04-03 05:20 PM

My father used to pull rabbits out of hats....just ask Enchantress.

I don't know whether magicians do that anymore. Good write here. Enjoyed. Chris

Life itself is the most wonderful fairy tale.
Hans Christian Anderson

Margherita
Member Seraphic

since 2003-02-08

Posts 22236
Eternity

3 posted 2004-04-03 07:51 PM

Your thought provoking poem made me remember "Rudy" a rabbit I loved so much and who one day ... finished on the table. When I realised it was Rudy, I had a hysterical attack. At that time that was a true drama for me and I couldn't get over it for a long time.
Love, Margherita

wordwizard
Member

since 2003-09-08

Posts 483
on the way to next world

4 posted 2004-04-03 11:58 PM

I actually partook in the skinning of the beast in Calabria of course as long as I didn't raise it, I felt no attachment to it then. Now there is a sense of loss of taking for granted what we have as though we actually think whatever animal counts are will remain that way....

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