Monday, August 17, 2015

Behind Her Fan



The summer girl is coming back from mountain and from shore; she has upon her hunting rack a dozen hearts or more. She is a hunter of repute, and deadly is her aim; the summer girl can fish and shoot and always land her game. She stalks not in the forest deep, to beat the bush like man, she swings her hammock, half asleep, and hunts behind her fan. A lawless hunter, woman fair, no season closed for her; twelve months each year with skill and care she hunts without demur. With every heart she makes a scratch upon her weapon stock; each year the record of her catch would give the world a shock. She uses neither gun nor spear, nor needs a hunter’s van; she stalks her unsuspecting deer behind her magic fan.



Aug. 17, ‘09




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