Nature poem about a baby hedgehog by Richard Macwilliam

Baby Hedgehog

A small tight star in the lone sky
Winks
As the smell of smoke drifts across the air.

Leaves rustle.

The lights are on,
Voices murmur.

The dark, heavy as a hand,
Subdues the quiet.

A blackbird calls, chased off by Silence.

There - a single scuffle;
We hardly dare breathe.
Heavy as shadows the cats stare
At Innocence eating their food.

6/10/99

A completely innocent baby hedgehog emerged and started snuffling at the cats' food.

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