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@deemclachlan.bsky.socialSep 18, 2026, 8:32 AM

A wee beastie #haibun for this #fridaypoem for the #poetryprompt - #strays
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Stray
By Dawn Mclachlan

I read once that shrews don't really understand that we exist. In their minds we are as vast and unknowable as mountains, as silent and slow moving as trees. Their hearts beat 1000 times a minute and to them we are glacial in our pace.
Imagine living in a world where it's possible to stray wild beyond the comprehension of man.

We once placed our tent
Across the tracks of a shrew 
And still he ran through
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