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squirrel

People cross the street

on white ladders.

The squirrel knows

that there is solid road

elsewhere.

It hops forward

ready to cut

corners and

on the move and

stops—

something light

and moving faster.

Squirrel will pause,

it will not.

People know

where to walk.

Cross over move forward

go on, go on go,

but in light

one should pause,

which squirrels,

of course, know.

In the face

of fast light,

let’s go slow.

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