The Deer

She came to me
out of the purple dusk
sure-hooved and restless.

Ears up
neck arched
Doe-eyed.

I stretched out
a handful of offering.
All that I had.

Two beings reaching
communing in this vast space.
Wilderness bound -

The Town crowding us both out
beyond forgiveness
to the last curb.

Yet here we stay -
locking eyes
growing old
feeling our way home.

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Wonder Woman

Michelle Taylor is a lone girl living a life that exists in her peripheral vision.

She has a B.A. in “poetry” from The Evergreen State College and holds a M.S. Ed from Sarah Lawrence College.

She has taught in New York City public schools, a New York Penitentiary and is currently a teacher at a community school in West Seattle.

This is her fiction and poetry blog.

Her personal site can be found at: www.outloud.wordpress.com

Her photography site can be found at: www.adappledapple.wordpress.com