Mr. Chicken
by Steve Mitchell
“Mr. Chicken,”
I chided.
“Don’t you know?
The shadow of the
hawk
is not the hawk.”
Revelation!
Mr. Chicken
relaxed –
a sigh of relief
while the shadow
grew –
silent and fast
—-
© Steve Mitchell 2011
Heed not Steve
Heed not Steve 
😦 Poor Mr. Chicken!!
Rest assured; no actual chickens were harmed during the making of this post!
🙂
yikes. this snaps. very interesting. is this a comment on the state of our world today?
Thanks, Wrick.
Well, no, not specifically. It was more generally on the nature of fear (and danger) – in a formless kind of way.