Ode to the cottontail

At dusk

Start-stop-start-stop

Tender greens await

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Ears up!

Twitch, munch, twitch

Watch, wait

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Memories of Hazel, Fiver, and Bigwig

The wars of warrens

Distant fields, sly foxes

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Tense, freeze, sense

A mad dash to hedgerows

Hop, Hop, Leap

The long night

Shadows under Orion’s gaze

Dancing with moonlight

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Soft light returns

Garden’s greenery breaks the fast

At dawn

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© Christopher M Buddle 2025

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