- Vol. 03
- Chapter 08
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Image by Jean Cooke
Starless
I am a background in my own worldMy mousy hair
To become the rough hay
In which common field mice frolic
Far happier than I shall ever be
I am ruddy and reticent
Muddied
In the mundane of my surroundings
I wait with eyes that peer but do not pierce
Lips pursed but not patient
Mind plain but not peaceful
I tip my hat’s hem
At a tree silhouettic in the shadows
Of another life
Undefined
And undetermined