Hare in July Flashcards
1
Q
All spring
A
and summer the bitch has courted the hare
2
Q
watched a mist
A
of green grow into a dense foliage
3
Q
nose down
A
tail up in thickening grass she has been hunting the hare
4
Q
raising their
A
cromlechs against the sun
5
Q
we rake
A
and cut the grass for the fire
6
Q
She leaps
A
the bank bearing the weight of her gift the golden body of a young jack hare
7
Q
Hearbeat
A
running out its eyes wide as peaty lakes
8
Q
one snapped rib
A
fine as a needle in a punctured lung
9
Q
light fades
A
from its fur, and in its eyes a sudden fall of snow.
