he’d been hangin around the past few days
pacing and panting looking insane
he’d run up the hillside
and bound through the leaves
his tongue hanging out
his eyes looking glazed
he had one mission driving him on
focused, determined… to mate on the lawn
 
she’d feigned her interest time after time
looking away and side stepping with yawns
her big doe eyes were not quite there
as she nibbled the leaves and didn’t care
 
he rutted and hoofed shaking his head
come on baby… let’s mate instead
maybe later… her eyes seemed to say
come around later some other day
 
well, somethin’ happened this very morn
as i looked out the window sometime after dawn
there they were… laying quiet on the hill
while everything around them
seemed perfectly still
at ease, at peace, and looking contented
in nature, these lovers… had blissfully connected