HABIT

I am keeping a SHARP WATCH on the baby bunny in our yard. It likes to hang out in the grass, and, in general, to HAUNT the yard like an adorable little fiend. It has a HABIT of eating exactly what I have planted to keep it out of the garden. Amusing and frustrating all at the same time!

Georg’ann

WATCH the children run.
Marvel at how naturally 
they form packs, chase
with delighted HASTE. 
Up and down the tower. 
through the field. 
Slowing, imaginations spin. 
HABIT too easily lost. 
Fast friends, names unnecessary.
No biography or plans for later.
Immediate intimacy in play. 
Dusk descending, a father calls. 
Time to go. Final pleas, 
begging a few more minutes. 
We head in opposite direction. 
She turns, calls out cheerfully, 
“Bye, see you never.”

Heather