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A Hunter`s Mistake
The wind rose; high-pitched
Sounds in the trees, I shivered
`What`s the temperature`
Nothing I could do
Limping, now stopping myself
``Nothing out there...`` WAIT!
Small eyes felt the gaze
Trying to probe:too painful
Suddenly, was gone
The cold survival
My mind asking ``Who is there``
Nothing but the silence
Now the sky was gray
Clouds dark and sagging along
Right at the Cliff`s base
A lit cigarette?
I had seen red in the Woods
Red flash among trees
The bowl-shaped cliff low;
Full of stunted evergreens
Showed a man in black
Man seated: in fact
At the side of the hollow
The man then looked up
Not a man;
Wearing a bright red headband
With long blond-silked hair
One last drag; red gone
He ground the butt in his heel
Smoke curled upwards; gone
He stood up, and walked
Grabbed a branch; narrow tip, broad
End; then walked onward
Paused, got on one knee
Pointing the branch right at me
Fearful, I ran
My lip trempling
Who knew a branch could shoot; I
Saw nothing but ground
Preternatural,
The sound continued to ring
Silenced, quiet wood
I lay. He watched me.
Edges of the trickle froze
I glanced at the sky
Wishing I was free
Bonded by a dazed bullet
From this day: the last
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