Ukraine 3-2-22

Roe deer from zoo are loosed into forest,

Escape enclosure for shielding trees,

Flee artillery pounding Kharkiv porous.

Roe deer from zoo are loosed into forest,

Rout around conifers; wintry browse ingest,

And doe--her eyes pyrite bright--darts past 

      epochal debris.

Roe deer from zoo are loosed into forest,

Escape enclosure for shielding trees.

Laura Stickney 2022

Notes:

Kharkiv--City in Ukraine

rout--to dig for food with snout

browse--vegetation eaten by deer 

pyrite--metallic ore

epochal--momentous