Animal Caution Poem by Chase Twichell

Animal Caution



Whenever I touch the cairn
marking the summit
of one of my parents,
touch the top stone,
an animal caution comes over me,
sinew and muscle like the brook's,
a sudden shivering
green-brown flame.
Soon they will be constellations,
and I a small tower of stones.

Chase Twichell
Wednesday, July 16, 2014
Topic(s) of this poem: animal,parents
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Connecticut / United States
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