GRAZE

Breakfast is served.

I have a drooping

tree that droops

over my wide driveway.

My tree has red leaves.

I have no idea its species.

It scrapes the top of my

car when it rains. It rains a lot.

That’s all I know.

So, I cut some shady branches

and left them where they

fell.

Today I watched a deer.

It ambled over and ate

the red leaves.

There are more than

100 shades of brown,

the experts say.

I looked it up.

So, when you imagine

that ambling deer,

paint it any brown

you want.

Think about that red, too.

I stood at 5 AM and

watched a deer

eat red leaves

from a tree, I

trimmed. For

at least five

minutes.

It chewed.

That was the

best

part of my day.

Watching a deer graze.