wild rabbits, Humbug Mountain, June 2021

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On the steep trail up Humbug Mountain, on the Oregon Coast, on the last day of June. I came around the bend and stopped – there they were.

They really paid me no heed whatsoever
As they went about doing what rabbits do in the springtime
It was all happening so quickly but at the same time it felt like slow motion
With no holds barred, obviously
And then there were moments when everything seemed to stop, or pause, or freeze. Just for a few microseconds. With their ears up, hearing everything.
And then they started again, becoming a blur once more.
At times horizontal, at times vertical
And totally into it.
agile, soft, furry wrestlers
masters of rabbit capoeira
finally they retreated into the bushes, their own leafy bower
only to reemerge for one final twisting, turning gyration à deux, then disappearing for good