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[aliaspseudonym]

See the footprints –
here, and then here
ten paces apart at least –
See how she moves
smooth-flowing leap-to-leap
her feet strike the ground like a mighty hammer –
the earth might shake – spin backwards, but
instead she flies on.

for, see, the hare does not run. She flies
across the ground
flies ten times her length and when
the earth reaches up to claim her
strikes it down and flies on still –
faster than winds, faster than talons
that ride those winds –
faster even than her own fear she flies
& one day maybe death will outpace her
but today see! it lags behind, and her footsteps
shake the earth still.