two-headed hare scare ~ Kyla Kralapp

on my way home I saw a Hare with Two Heads 

on the center of the sidewalk between the Department of Chemistry and the School of Sustainability 

and I stood there on the Pavement and I Screamed 

looking at something that could only come from a Dream 

(in my research later when I try to discover what this means I will learn that mid-march is mating season for hares 

and I will wonder if there were two hearts in that body to love each other with or if having two heads keeps you out of love forever as everyone searches for the one 

I will wonder if that hare can love itself still, love what is a part of it and separate 

I will wonder if that hare has ever tried to rid itself of its anomaly 

played Russian roulette and taken scissors to the losing neck 

been interrupted by a squirrel as it closed the blades together 

forced to live another day whole 

I will think of that hare waiting on that sidewalk for someone to come across and love all of it 

and I will wish I didn’t scream so loud) 

after my Dream bounced away into the bushes 

I looked around quickly to see if there was anyone who could have heard me be so embarrassing at midnight on a Sunday 

but there was no one for Miles and Miles 

or all the scientists were hiding behind the Trees laughing at me as I screamed at their Creation either way, I was spared the embarrassment

of seeing someone