FREEBORN
About a lamplight
a moth flew freely.
Within a niche
a spider stalked hungrily.
Against a web
the moth lies struggling to be.
Out of the night
the spider comes feeding to be.
FREEBORN II
(Requital)
There was an old woman
who caught and caged stray cats.
Day in and day out
the felines cried and screeched.
In her defense she reasoned
they might be eaten,
or poisoned,
or even beaten.
How uncanny now is her fate.
She calls out to break
the grill and gate
in her children's home.
Her family mentions,
she might stray.
She suffers from dementia
and might lose her way.
© Breyel, Timm. "Freeborn" and "Freeborn II (Requital)". All rights reserved. No part of this text may be copied, broadcast, reproduced in print or electronically represented without permission from the author.
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