The Wheel Fell Off

Sometimes wheels fall off of matatus, apparently.  Thankfully we were driving uphill when it happened.

Calvin and Hedgehog

Hello All.  An odd thing happened on the island a couple weeks ago.  So I've written a poem about it.  Enjoy.  **16 Nov 2011 Update:  The hedgehog has survived!  He is alive and well**

 

Calvin and Hedgehog

Calvin brought in a paper bag

Flimsy, brown, crinkling

As if a tired lung.

Reaching in he pulls out

A tiny hedghog, a fuzzed

Furball, a quivering creature

Snug in the hand.

It’s been hurt, Calvin says,

Hit in the street,

A wound with worms, look at its eyes:

Do you have medicine?

Our sleepy morning interrupted by purpose,

We apply the creams and gels of humans,

Turn on the hose to

Bathe the babe breathless

And hope for healing.

Last we poke holes in a lid

To make a home of a shoebox.

Even the dogs came to watch.