the_very_same raze hoppy_is_a_rabbit. or she was once. i loved her from a distance until she was taken from me. i grew to know her daughter better than i'd ever known the animal who authored her existence. her trust was a fact that arrived fully formed. like she knew i was a friend. i would watch her eat dandelions from stem to tip and creep close to photograph her. she never backed away. not even when we were near enough to touch. i probably hadn't seen her in at least a year. i was beginning to fear the worst. but today i noticed something moving in the margins of my vision. i turned to find her eyes already on mine. she almost seemed to smile when i told her how happy i was to see her again. then two more rabbits slid under the fence and into my back yard. these were her children. i was as sure of that as i've ever been of anything. they both acknowledged me in the very same way their mother had. i watched them take turns dancing away from me and felt the kiss of an uncommonly cool day part my lips and fill my fractured heart with hope. 250707 what's it to you? who go blather from