Two Black Eyes

Two black eyes

No pictures please.

Facing the boxing black bear of Ottawa County

I bounced on my feet throwing punches at his nose,

Then fell to my knees when his one two punch

Caught me square in the eyes.

Two black eyes

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Boldly holding a carrot in my mouth

The giraffe slapped me with her tongue,

In a swipe and a lick the carrot was gone.

Turning her head for more she butted and bashed me

With her nose square in the middle of each eye.

Two black eyes

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With Joey in her pocket the kangaroo jumped the farm fence

Just as I rounded the curve on the winding country road.

She leapt toward me landing a blow to the left and a punch to the right,

Square in the middle of my eyes.

Two black eyes

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While walking on a peaceful wooded trail

Peacocks suddenly screamed like a woman dying,

The birds took flight and the squirrels chattered.

Startled, I screeched like an owl in the night then turned to flee near death

In a breath, I stumbled over the graceful turquoise tail of colored eyes.

Two black eyes.

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Upon awakening my eyes overtly glistened

In shades of sangria plum and purple jam. Tears could not escape.

Appearing in public wearing Hollywood shades I hid all but the

Purple smile on my upper cheeks.

Two Black eyes

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In time a soft frame of Tuscan yellow and olive green

Surrounded the faded black and blue eyes.

Looking like the eyes of the peacock’s tail, I smiled.

My eyes opened like those of a child,

Wide and curious after oculoplastic surgery.

Two black eyes

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*Thank you Dr. Erin Holloman