When last night shadowed darkest,
Duffy barked, awakening me.
“What?” I asked,
rising to pet him.
He jumped, growled, barked again.
I opened the blinds.
Right outside my window stood an enormous deer.
Duffy howled. I rapped on my window.
The deer fled.
Duffy kept barking.
Shawn turned on outdoor lights.
I opened bathroom blinds, knocking on another window
as numerous deer at wood’s edge slipped away.
Stillness.
Back to bed.
Cold feet.
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