LAST SUMMER DURING A PANDEMIC
by Melinda Baker
a doe and her fawn grazed along the wood’s
edge suddenly she was startled by a larger
fawn bursting out of the trees chasing her
into the open field he shoved his head under her
body and attached quickly joined by his smaller
twin their white tails wagged as over and over
they butted their noses against the doe’s belly
and sucked pawing the earth with pleasure
until she bucked both hind legs neatly over
the shorter of the two escaping to taste
roses by the woodpile while her offspring
paused to lick the milk from their noses and stare at
me watching from a window close
enough to count their fading spots watching
for something to happen in a world where
nothing and everything was happening