What Can You Do?
Although the air quality alerts
You're hiking again
For clarity. A determination to
Live some way or another
Or have your lungs
Fill and faint with laughter
When you come across the poor thing
Laying there ahead
In the calm best light
With the sun looking curious
From the haze of the fires in Canada
And there she is in front of you
What can you do
But soak a cracker in water
Lay down a few cherries
Avert your eyes
Step back on the path
To ease its alarm
Decide that you cannot fathom
Ending its life
Watch it spin
On its dusty side
The back legs limp
Make the center
In circles of pain
From a raptor
Affliction, or snapping
Of spine
What can you do
But soak a cracker in water
Lay down a few cherries
And carry on
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