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Safe and Sound

at night when cats stalk and horned owls scream ~ hibernating dormice slumber 27.09.19

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Joe Dimino

Date: 9/27/2019 9:18:00 PM

A lot to think about in this little gem. And, that slumbering mouse, is hopefully dreaming of better things than being eaten. Difficult to believe that God made a world in which we are all the prey of something or another; even if escaped the jaws...time hunts us all down in the end.

Wendy Watson
Date: 9/28/2019 4:03:00 AM

What an interesting comment,Joe. Yes, I'm afraid I still can't bear to watch nature programmes where they show graphic pictures of 'the kill'. I tried to create the contrast here of implied threat and the safety and obliviousness of the mouse hibernating underground. Thank you so much for 'stopping by'.