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Survival of the Fittest

Russell Rowland

I must bundle up, go out and check
if a day of unseasonable April snow
has extinguished white and violet
flames of crocuses along the walk.

Even as I pull on boots and coat,
I know better. Yet having read
countless books to a happy end,
I still reread them with foreboding.

Yesterday, some children ambled by
on the homeward trek from school.
One big boy smacked a smaller one
with a hard snowball, causing tears.

If I see such bullying again, I may
intervene—but that could backfire
on the victim later. Maybe it’s best
to let him confront it his own way;

be stronger for it. In November
we give thanks for what survived.
So the Pilgrims did, to marvelous
Providence—the half that lived.

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