David Norris writes

Du Cafe au Lait

You know a deer

has coffee eyes
so dark you can't
see the pupils

But a deer is
gentle if you can
just catch one
to hold in your arms

I caught one one
time running
in a field
The deer was

scared because dogs
had been chasing her
She had come down
from the mountain

had run into a corner
where the fences met
She almost killed herself
running into that fence

I calmed her
I soothed her
She was a little doe deer
the same color as milk and coffee

I talked to her
and soothed her
I walked right up
to her and held her

Deer Head -- Madareli