An Observation


    by Jirina Fuchsova


Somehow
it naturally springs
from inner make-up 
of the things:
the wolves,
always,
form robbers' rings
and hope
that this
happiness 
brings...

Now the does
who might this fact bemoan
in forest one by one
are grown,
and though clad
in defenceless roan,
are doing
all right,
all
   a l o n e ...


(October 28, 1999)