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Crossing Rabbit Ears Pass

from Into Light: The Poems of M. D. Friedman by Mad Dog Friedman

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Crossing Rabbit Ears Pass
June 22, 2005

The moon rubs against the earth
and they all come out,
wild-eyed from the forest,
pale shades from milk-lit meadows,
out to the edge of our passing.
From atop a precarious ledge above the dreaming land,

from between the snowy lips of the mouth of mist,
from upon a whispering bed of crumpled grass,
they smell our heat
rising like thick vapors from a scalding spring.
They know all life is woven together
by pulsing threads of breath.

They come this full moon night,
this solstice, to see us.
First, rabbit frozen in headlights,
still as ice. Next,
hungry fox glancing back at us
on his way to chase rabbit.

One deer, then a dozen others,
moving as one,
in and out of shadow trees,
prancing across the swollen earth,
like dry leaves swept along
by creamy moon breath.
 
Puma,
lit from behind,
emerges ethereal
out of the shadows,
graceful, tranquil, emanating
the presence of raw power,

eyes burning like small golden suns.
Each hair on her body electric,
she hovers glistening, trailing her corporal frame,
a ghost cat, rippling like a reflection,
almost disappearing, as she shakes the silver
from her moonlit coat.

There was no sound, yet somehow,
she vibrates, flesh alive with breath,
she mews the mystic melody of our meanderings
through the dapple forest, over liquid cliffs,
into this most magical place,
this sacred meadow of light.

She knows of
our return to each other
after half a life apart,
and without words,
she blesses our joining
and is gone.

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from Into Light: The Poems of M. D. Friedman, released January 1, 2024

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Mad Dog Friedman | Mad Dog Blues | Peddlers of Joy Lafayette, Colorado

Mad Dog writes from the moment and sings from his heart. His influences include sources as divergent as William Butler Yeats & the delta blues. His songwriting is sincere, simple & often humorous. He has recorded many solo & collaborative projects featuring his spontaneous compositions on harmonica, Native American flute & Theremin. He is also the founder of Mad Dog Blues & The Astral Project. ... more

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