(no subject)

free verse

a little cottage
moonlight
snow

moonlight on the cottage
moonlight on the snow
moonlight on the owl as he glides gracefully down to land on a fencepost
moonlight on the moonshiners carefully moving crates of stock between cottage and cars
the owl pricks up his ears and moves his head
opens his beak

RATATATATATATATATATATATATATATATATATATATATATATATATATATATAT

moonlight on the owl
moonlight on the brass
moonlight on the blood as it soaks into the snow
moonlight on the moonshine
moonlight on the deer as they emerge from the forest to commandeer the moonshine
the owl puts his ears back down and glides away
his work is done

moonlight on the cottage
moonlight on the snow.