An early summer\u2019s day,
\nHeavy with scent and golden with spilled light.
\nLush foliage gleams dew-wet. <\/p>\n
In the bright silence, a twig snaps.
\nInto the clearing,
\nA small nervous doe,
\nEars alert, nose raised to the air,
\nGuards her fawn.<\/p>\n
She watches it step delicately between branches,
\nPulling, as it goes, on thickly clustered leaves.
\nIts wide eyes bright,
\nTiny nose damp with dew. <\/p>\n
Behind them, a long-neglected path
\nAnd at its edge a rusted, crumbling sign
\nNow slick with moss,
\nForgotten, overgrown
\nReads: \u2018Warning: Chernobyl Exclusion Zone.\u201d <\/p>\n
\u00a9 Anne McMaster 2016 <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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