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Gently

Once, while I was walking, I saw a deer grazing.
Carefully, I stepped up to him, hoping not to scare it off.
It lifted its head and watched me with fearless, trusting eyes.
I stretched out my hand, every so slowly, and cupping
it against its muzzle, jerked sharply upwards and to the side,
affirmitively snaping its neck. After its husk hit the ground,
I knelt. Gently I caressed its head, laughing at its naivete.
Did it really think it could trust me?

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Poem ©Tasia Chiba 1999