Very Bad Archive
The Hedgehog
Jeremy Abrahams
It came
That night as I put the cat out
There it was
Snuffling across the lawn
A brown smudge getting closer and closer
Such captivation, beauty
To be found in a urban setting
I wanted to call out
To share this with someone
But to do so would be to scare it away
So I kept it to myself
Selfishly,
My secret
Just me, the hedgehog, and the stars
All of us in this wonderful trance
Such unexpected pleasure
From a prickly little being
And a dark starry night
Jeremy Abrahams has published another poem since joining on 25/5/10. Read more of Jeremy's terrible poetry at the anthology. Here are three of Jeremy's latest works: