A Walk in the Woods: Hibernation Time

Hibernating Snake

We walked in the woods,

Where the wild ones stay

And they didn’t show their faces

And they didn’t run away.

It was quiet in the woods,

And the wild ones heard,

When we brushed against the bushes.

But they didn’t say a word.

Then we waited in the woods,

And we listened to the air,

And they heard us keeping quiet,

And we felt them being there.

~Dennis Lee, from 'Garbage Delight'