Alison Campbell Poems

Memorial poem for a beloved rat.

Your final breath
Breathes winter’s icy chill
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Shhhhhh!
The lion sleeps.
Shhhhhh!
Whisper your words
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Whitewashed pier in urgent rain
Lays me down upon the sand
Drenched and yielding and again
Gentle in the lover’s hand
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Rat fear
Rat near
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At almost the speed of sound,
You raced to meet the one
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