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Too Slow

I once thought a crow

Had pecked through my trash bags.

But it was just you,

You scattering all the bad things

I’ve never done.

Just for fun,

To run my name through banana peels

And gum.

 

The trees weep with weary limbs

Looking at the cobwebs in the grass.

The crow, too craven,

The raven, too slow.

I wouldn’t guess you weak willed,

I wouldn’t have known

The way this would go.

 

The crow, too craven,

The raven, too slow.

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Written by
jelisa-jeffery
31 / F / Canadian
Published
Oct 10, 2025
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