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Poem	yesterday the man was pleased the sun sat in the tree and all upon the land held to the harmony his coming then expected his gun in his arm his dog at his heels a blackbird sang on a high branch a white horse ambled by the hedge a brindled cow munched grass - the man shared his heartbeat with them his gun in his arm his dog at his heels today he was disturbed - a mist obscured what grew inside and out a tree loomed upon him like a threat his walk had nothing safe about it a gun in his arm a dog at his heels a huge crow shrieked from the tree its wings churning the mist its beak sharpening for attack its claws reaching for the man's eyes shoot said the gun the dog stayed at his heels the man shot - once - and the crow reared backwards from the blast a thunder cloud dripping red rain and fell to earth a muted blackbird good said the gun the dog stayed at his heels an elephant (but white as leprosy) with trunk and tusks upraised crashed through the hedge trumpeting and causing earth and man to shudder violently shoot shoot said the gun the dog stayed at his heels the man shot - twice - and the beast bellowing with a disbelieving pain exploded (staining the mist deep red) and fell to earth an old white horse good good said the gun the dog stayed at his heels a mammoth buffalo brindled and bristling a taste for death snorting from its snout hurtled towards the man - with flecks of flesh still hanging from its jaws shoot shoot shoot said the gun the dog stayed at his heels the man shot - thrice - and the monster spun round with the savagest of roars drenching the landscape in a hot red spray then fell to earth a gentle brindled cow good good good said the gun the dog barked once the man stood stunned in the thick mist alien to the fields he had known from his first breath - he comprehended nothing but the gun in his hand shoot shoot shoot shoot said the gun the dog barked twice the man shot - four times - and the dog with not a sound fell to earth and rolled on its back - its four legs sticking stiffly in the air good good good good said the gun as the dog lay still the man looked hard at the dog and saw an upside down reflection of himself he hurled the gun (bereft of bullets) into a pond - it stuck stock-upwards the gun reverted to the tree its wood had come from the dog was lifted skywards by invisible cords the man went on walking - for days the man stood stunned in the thick mist alien to the fields he had known from his first breath - he comprehended nothing but the gun in his hand shoot shoot shoot shoot said the gun the dog barked twice the man shot - four times - and the dog with not a sound fell to earth and rolled on its back - its four legs sticking stiffly in the air good good good good said the gun as the dog lay still the man looked hard at the dog and saw an upside down reflection of himself he hurled the gun (bereft of bullets) into a pond - it stuck stock-upwards the gun reverted to the tree its wood had come from the dog was lifted skywards by invisible cords the man went on walking - for days weeks months even till the sun returned - loving the mist (its near wisdom its light uncompromising touch) now he is free of the gun he understands the dog a blackbird sings in a high branch a white horse ambles by the hedge a brindled cow munches grass - the man shares his heartbeat with them
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