Poem: Sly Fox / Dumb Bunny

​Sly Fox / Dumb Bunny

By Kate Horowitz
QuailBellMagazine.com

Zootopia (2016)
 
this is them.     this
has always been them:
 
him scarred over, at home
behind a wall, him slinking, elusive;
her with her shining eyes and soft ears,
her with tender, trembling heart.

 
he will, of course, slip away.
she will, of course, give chase,
dredging wet eyes/raw heart/hot ears
hard through dust, straining
for tracks     he never left
 
but he is gone
and he is long gone
and he is gone long
 
and after a long
, long time, it is time
to scrape herself
together.
and so she rinses off her heart.
and so she pats her eyes dry.
 
and
, of course, the moment
she is finished,
 
he is back
 
 
(this is them)
 
 
and he will say,
you know you love me
 
and she will say,
i do.
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