September 03, 2014

1192. Second Story Sounds

Second story sounds were scratching in the gutter above,

at the eave. Listening, they stopped. On ground level I opened

the closure where rain drains away from our house's foundation, so

the trapped life would find light and a throughway. It had, after

what may have been a second-story free-fall through

contained darkness, to the ground, like rainwater knows.

The mouse was grown, gray, curled up, trembling

through the opened curve; its eyes were closed, and nesting straw

followed it down.

Posted by nancy at September 3, 2014 02:54 PM
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