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| comment | | "parent_author":"",<br>"parent_permlink":"poetry",<br>"author":"johnjgeddes",<br>"permlink":"cold-hearts",<br>"title":"Cold Hearts",<br>"body":"<br><br><center>![Ghosts-of-Evergreen.jpg (https:\/\/steemitimages.com\/DQmUGPfAwYY3uGwq3wAXbZ4TE3BEXRnmDgegY9S1UJY2ipY\/Ghosts-of-Evergreen.jpg)<\/center>\n\n\n\n\n<br><br><center>Out walking at dusk\nIn my nearby woods and path;\n\n<br>Thinking about an article\nPosted lately\nIn the village rag.\n\nSeems some locals are worried\nabout coyotes;\n\nYet they've been here all winter\nAnd no one's been injured.\n\nBut they've been noticed now\nPeople are getting out,<br>\n\nSeems they're afraid of their pets\nBeing vulnerable to threats...\n\nThe same dogs they leave in the yard\nBarking to all hours.\n\nThey don't care about laws\nthey have one for themselves;\n\nI see my neighbour with a pump can\nspraying chemicals on his weeds\n\nI spent two hours today\nDigging dandelions on my knees\n\nSo his pet won't get sick\nWhen he comes by my lawn and pees.\n\nI turn down my street\nDisgusted by whet I've seen.\n\n\n<br>Back home,<br> I latch the gate\nKnowing all my animals are safe\n\nThe chipmunks,<br> the cardinals\nThe mourning doves and sparrows\n\nThey find a refuge from the bleaters\nWho'd outlaw bird feeders\n\nOut to protect their homes\nFrom coyotes who might roam.\n\nWe live near woods and a creek\nwhat did they expect?\n\nThey poison weeds;\nThey'd poison coyotes too,<br> I think.\n\nAh Love,<br> promise to not be like them;\nNever be cold and never,<br> ever,<br> grow old.<\/center>\n\n<br><br><center>\u00a9 2018,<br> John J Geddes. All rights reserved<\/center>\n\n<br><br><center>[Photo ( http:\/\/www.coyotelivesinmaine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Ghosts-of-Evergreen.jpg)<\/center>\n\n<br><br>",<br>"json_metadata":" \"tags\":[\"poetry\",<br>\"writing\",<br>\"life\",<br>\"poem\",<br>\"love\" ,<br>\"image\":[\"https:\/\/steemitimages.com\/DQmUGPfAwYY3uGwq3wAXbZ4TE3BEXRnmDgegY9S1UJY2ipY\/Ghosts-of-Evergreen.jpg\" ,<br>\"links\":[\"http:\/\/www.coyotelivesinmaine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Ghosts-of-Evergreen.jpg\" ,<br>\"app\":\"steemit\/0.1\",<br>\"format\":\"markdown\" " |
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