A cricket perched
on a pet store shelf,
as if it were a tree.
I picked him up,
took him outside,
and there I set him free.
Oh, little cricket,
winter’s here—
I fear you won’t live long.
But, while you do,
I hope you will
remember me in song.
(c) 2019, by Hannah Six
Image: Sukenobu, A woman holding a cricket cage (1739),
via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0)
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