"Beltane Hare" by Danielle Barlow
Beltane is the name of a Gaelic May Day festival, typically celebrated in Ireland, Isle of Man and Scotland and takes place on May 1st (between the spring equinox and the summer solstice). Beltane marks the beginning of the summer farming season.
(The Lopez Bunny Ranch)
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"Owl says that immediately beyond our garden Time begins, and that it is an awfully deep well. If you fall in it, you go down and down, very quickly, and no one knows what happens to you next. I was a bit worried about Christopher Robin falling in, but he came back and then I asked him about the well. 'Old bear,' he answered. 'I was in it and I was falling and I was changing as I fell. My legs became long, I was a big person, I grew old, hunched, and I walked with a cane, and then I died. It was probably just a dream, it was quite unreal. The only real thing was you, old bear, and our shared fun. Now I won't go anywhere, even if I'm called in for an afternoon snack."
- Czesław Miłosz Road-side Dog [Thanks Whiskey River]