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12 point buck

My long forgotten cousin,
           life looks good
           through the window
Fences strap down
           the Earth to the earth
           and the animals
           to forsaken corners
           of my globe.
           Your torn leg was
           no match for 160 horses
           and two tons of steel.
I wish I could close my eyes,
           and open my heart
           to speak your tongue,
           and heal your wounds,
           to feel your soft fur
           still warm and alive
           not a motionless trophy.
But my species has other goals,
           so I trudge inside
           out of the cold
           out of the death.
Life looks good.
Through the window.
But you made me step outside.