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Three-Leaved Double Tricube

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yesterday

a strange car

pulled up, left

just out of

range of the

cameras

this morning

way back in

our woods it

smells like pot

I can’t help

wondering

if we have

homeless folks

living in

our forest

getting rides

in strange cars

13 Replies to “Three-Leaved Double Tricube”

  1. Kim, the tricube form works so well to convey these impressions – the short lines, as quick as thoughts. I am reminded of your phenomenal haiku prowess! I’m wondering, too, about people possibly living in your woods. And then I wonder about their story, the why of it…how strategic that the car should have pulled up just out of the range of cameras. Savvy. I remember a district family engagement rep telling us that many of our families are “strong in the broken places” with a resilience and survival know-how that many of us can’t even imagine. But homelessness…it should not be, and the reality of it sits like a heavy block of ice in my very core. -See how much you have spurred with your words!

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    1. Fran, it is spreading from the urban areas into the rural places, and the woods offer cover that the city does not. Someone could live out here for a year or two without being discovered as thick as the growth is. Sadly, we got word a couple months ago that it is time for a clear cut of the trees, so they are coming in a few weeks to destroy the homes where all the birds that I love so much live. It’s heartbreaking. Even though there may be homeless people out here, they are people – and birds are birds – and I am grieving the trees and homes lost already. Thanks for reading today!

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      1. The loss of trees and habitat is more devastating than we can even realize…I can hardly bear the thought for the woodland creatures. And that humans should have to resort to living among them…if not by choice.

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  4. Kim, snippets of incomplete k nowing come out perfectly in the tricube form. Your thoughts, like the car “just out of / range of the / cameras,” are just of out range of your understanding. You call attention to some of the facets of homelessness. It is a complicated issue, and like Fran said, “It should not be.”

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  5. Kim,

    What will you do if you have homeless people living in that area? Of course, I’m thinking about how the recent court decision will impact those in rural areas. I’m always taken aback when I smell pot because it’s not something that happens with a random walk down the street here.

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    1. Glenda, I’m. not sure what in the world we will do, but I found a pair of socks today, too, tied together and fairly recently left there. They were not our socks. All of this has me a little worried, and I don’t know the answers. Someone could hide out here for a long time without being discovered – – until they are.

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      2. Yes, we had a guy with a drone come check things and didn’t see anyone. If they’re here they won’t be for long – we are scheduled for a clear cut and while I don’t like it, it has its silver linings, and this would be one -‘running off anyone out there. Thanks for reading!

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