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a poem

Sherman Alexie
Sep 14, 2022
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black bear on brown wooden tree branch

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Hiking through
the reservation

wilderness, I see
a black bear standing above

on the bluff to my left.
Then I see the deer

standing above on the bluff
to my right. I watch them

watching each other. 
I’m nervous to be 

standing between
predator and prey.

But I also feel blessed. 
Everything is gorgeous 

and dangerous
when you love it enough. 

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Arjan Tupan
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Sep 15, 2022Liked by Sherman Alexie

Beautiful. And such an accurate description of all those contrasts and how they can actually be the reason we love what we love.

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Joan DeMartin
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Sep 14, 2022Liked by Sherman Alexie

Thank you for so much beauty packed into a few lines. Your poem made my day as your writing often does.

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