by Ethel Mortenson Davis
All week
the rabbit
came to the fence.
The dogs barked
at first,
then gave up.
The rabbit was
covered in tumors,
one large one covering
the side of his face
with bulging eye.
The last day
it cried in pain.
One of the dogs
went over the fence
and snapped it’s neck,
it’s message to us
delivered.
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