Riley
There’s a rabbit hutch
still waiting for us, unmolested
behind a stranger’s house
on the walk home.
The rabbits are still there;
let’s return to tell them stories
and sing Shenandoah.
Written 15 February 2020 in Payne County, Oklahoma
Brian Fuchs, “Riley” from Scissor-tailed Flycatcher (Scissortail Press, 2020)
