“Twelfth Hour” by Arlene L. Mandell

Bigger Than They ApearAs the moon casts
long shadows through
spruce-scented woods

world leaders debate
the essence of evil
an old woman inhales
cold mountain air

a young doe in the thicket
endures her first birth.

-Arlene L. Mandell,
Bigger Than They Appear: 
Anthology of Very Short Poems
(Accents Publishing)

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