HEDGE ANIMALS




Your hedge animals are
Getting too close
To my hedge animals

My hedge animals are
Starting to feel
uncomfortable

My hedge animals
Are starting to feel
A growing sense
of horror

the horror is
Polanski-ish
Slow to build
And smells like tannis root


My hedge animal's
horror isn't
that serious though
Not prison time serious
Not have to leave
the country serious

My hedge animals
are starting to sing starting to
Hum covering their ears
like that kid in sixth sense

my hedge animals
Have the heebie- jeebies
and need some personal space

Your hedge animals are
Getting too close
To my hedge animals



BIO: Melanie Browne's poetry has been published in Madswirl,DecomP,Word Riot, Shoots and Vines, and other journals. Her first poetry chapbook, entitled Heaven is a Giant Pawn Shop is now available from Erbacce Press @ http://erbacce-press.webeden.co.uk/#/melaniebrowne/4533546014
She lives in Texas.