Carefully Selected Weeds #3 by Emma McKervey

Carefully selected weeds

It seems something of a design flaw -

the paper white flash of the rabbit’s rump

as it bounds for safety

the glare of which draws the eye

and contravenes the theory of evolution -

unless of course evolution is on the side of the predator

who needs an obvious target to remain fed.

Young rabbits are easier targets still.

Any cat can reach out a languid paw

and swipe one deftly and without strain

although they do not provide the entertainment

of a skittish mouse, which is why the rabbit kit

was left, still trembling, on the kitchen floor,

then housed in the old domestic rabbit hutch,

surrounded with carefully selected weeds

to tempt it from its shock.

It vibrated gently in the corner, unsure

whether the effort of recovery would ensure

 it would be unreturned to us again,

as the cat disappeared through the hedge row

and back into the fields once more.