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The Deer

A deer was slain on the Beltway
My car drove along her body
I heard horns behind me
Slowing down to look at her poor carcass

That evening, brushing my teeth
Before going to bed, I saw
In the mirror her big eye
Where the sky was like frozen slime

Copyright © | Year Posted 2010




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Date: 12/10/2010 12:47:00 PM
feel pity already, good poem
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