Almost Human ...Man is Care

The art of poetry consists in taking entities
out of their hiddenness to be seen in their uncoveredness.
―With apologies to Heidegger, Being and Time

A possum killed
The small rabbit
That's been living
in my back garden.

I found body parts
Stomach and guts,
and a palette with teeth
Disturbingly human.

They're more like us
Than we think.

I'm reminded of a chipmunk
Trapped in a neighbour's pool;

Several sparrows at the edge
Anxiously hopping from side to side

Until a net gathers him up--
Rescued by my wife.

Human animal First Class:
There's no award for that.

But there should be.

Now today, on the news
Birds survived the hurricane...

How did they escape?

Well, much like us
They sheltered in place.