Clemency Poem by Romella Kitchens

The poet had a dream about a breed of rabbit she had never seen to her knowledge while awake before. This poem is that dream. When she awakened she looked the breed of rabbit up on the internet. It was a large, brown New Foundland rabbit with round, expressive wide eyes. They hunt these rabbits there and make them into stew. But, some are kept as pets. If they had a dream like mine far more would be treated dearly. Sometimes writers have these 'Stranger Than Fiction' moments where the fictional world and the real rather merge. The poem is not simply about violence, another human being's intercession saves that creature in the poem. Be that intercession for Human beings and for animals. It is essential in our current world.Oh yes, the photograph used with this poem is simply an example of the type of rabbit in the poem... Not a specific rabbit or person for that matter.