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The shadow before me shimmers,
then waddles,
then has a white stripe
and a tail that's lifting
as I'm backing away
hands up
not a word.
I'm just a tall shadow
that will disappear as suddenly
as it appeared.
We both walk away
more wary,
changed.
© Mary Lee Hahn, 2014
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