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Saturday evening we took a drive along Sunpoke Lake, a low part of the landscape where you can see, simultaneously, the marsh of Sunpoke Lake, the Lake itself, and the Oromocto River. 

Along the road were tracks of moose and bear, and the very smelly carcass of a bear.  In each of the tracks, there was a fair sprinkling of seeds, so we surmised the bear tracks were those of the dead bear.

notice the seeds in the tracks... the bear travelled by quite a while ago

The tracks gave us a hint at the drama that must have played out along the road, probably on a night earlier in the week. 

The moose tracks were also full of seeds.  I like to think of it, ambling along the road.  

At the turn of the road where it runs along the Oromocto River, we stopped to take some photos of the moon and its reflection.

And on the opposite side of the road, I caught the sunset at its peak, and the silhouette of a very spooky tree.

Fears

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I saw a light in the woods tonight

low, through tangled branches of spruce

and crowded stems of fir

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white in the dark

a gleam where only black should stir

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            like the lamp of a stranger

            lost

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but the glow was steady and still

and in less than the catch of a breath I knew

all I saw was the rising moon

beyond the hill

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I heard a cry in the woods tonight

soft and low through the tangle of spruce

and the thicket of fir

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a moan in the dark

a sob where only wind should stir

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            like frightened tears of a child

            alone

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but the cries held no human word

and in less than the catch of a breath I knew

the wail of a wildcat on the prowl

was all that I heard

~

© Jane Tims 1992