gruff Report This Comment Date: August 01, 2005 06:32AM
The Mower by Philip Larkin
The mower stalled, twice; kneeling, I found
A hedgehog jammed up against the blades,
Killed. It had been in the long grass.
I had seen it before, and even fed it, once.
Now I had mauled its unobtrusive world
Unmendably. Burial was no help:
Next morning I got up and it did not.
The first day after a death, the new absence
Is always the same; we should be careful
Of each other, we should be kind
While there is still time.
Anonymous Report This Comment Date: August 01, 2005 08:28AM
wtf
burp Report This Comment Date: August 01, 2005 08:47AM
its the lawnmower, man
Anonymous Report This Comment Date: March 01, 2006 04:05AM
Do hedgehogs have nipples? Because I bet they look cool.