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The grasshopper
was large,
and still,
and as I got closer
clearly brave
or stoned
because it didn’t move,
even when I was a footfall away.

Then I realized; it had happened to die standing on all six legs.

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Author twosentencestoriesPosted on January 9, 2023Categories CompetitionTags poem grasshopper death stillLeave a comment on yoshiyahu

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