Ecological Specter

 Deer #1, a drawing on yupo paper © Kathy Hanson
www.kphansonart.com

Kathy’s Deer

This same phantom visits both of us,

though we live in different towns.

I am haunted by her appearance,

her plaintive and anguished look.

To me, she is a living guilt trip 

for our rape of Mother Earth:

Like the Virgin Mary coming back

to remind us what we did to Jesus.