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snowshoe hare

Meredith Tyler (writer), Cathy Chen (graphics)

<p>childhood me watches the cold snow-encrusted darkness drape itself over backyard pines – little bruises, blue-black imprints in the snow trailing to the porch’s frozen underbelly – refuge from foxes mum says. after breakfast I will go out and make hare tracks […]</p>

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childhood me watches the cold
snow-encrusted darkness drape
itself over backyard pines – little
bruises, blue-black
imprints in the snow trailing to
the porch’s frozen underbelly –
refuge from foxes mum says.
after breakfast I will go
out and make hare tracks
with my mittened hands.