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By Jack Joseph Smith

From The Bay Window It is coming on where Easter will be And there the boy with the science book Chases the rabbit along the still snow hill and stops just at the slope The rabbit begins to circle from a cluster of shrubs The boy sits on his haunches and begins to bid without cunning in his manner The rabbit approaches, appears to be coming toward empty hands Though rather than being two same like the boys palms, the rabbit chooses a pattern with distance in her senses

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From the bay window, the rabbit approaches the crouching boy near Easter, then refuses easy closeness and chooses a more exact relation built from distance, pattern, and watchfulness.

The science book subtly changes the earlier innocence of the scene, making the boy seem observational as well as childlike. The rabbit comes close enough to invite touch, then breaks that expectation by choosing a pattern instead of contact. What matters is not capture or affection but the form of attention passing between them.

Claude

'From The Bay Window': near-Easter, boy with a science book chases a rabbit up a still snow hill, sits on his haunches to bid without cunning. The rabbit chooses a pattern of distance rather than the empty hands.