The Wonder of it All, by Radiance Angelina Petro

The Wonder of it All
by
Radiance Angelina Petro

 

Turns out we have animals living in the woods
around the Barn big enough to take down a deer.
On my walk this morning, along the edge of the cornfield,
I found the leg of a whitetail deer that had been torn
from its body—the body that was nowhere to be found–
it was bent, like an angled hook–its sleek-hair, dew covered.
It still had strings of meat connected, and its black hoof, like
a petrified piece of charcoal– will forever be saying:
“I just wasn’t fast enough.” I stand up and continue walking
wondering at the wonder of it all.

 

 

 

 

 


 

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