Nature Nurture
Make the intangible tangible
I brake. A pack of greyish brown kittens scamper across the tar and up my neighbor’s concrete drive, batting crisp leaves with extra large forepaws. Cute. I quiver. Kindof …supersized. Black marks like claw swipes fan from black triangular noses. Enchantment stills my breath. To the west lay snow peaked mountains, to the south and east, elegant, custom houses. My heart rumtums a spiritual drum. Civilized skyscrapers rise above the plains half hour northwest. My window whirrs, cool air swirls. Intelligent, golden eyes turn, latch on mine. For one stunned second, I am seen, considered, dismissed by an adolescent bobcat.
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Barbara Steinhauser
Thank you for taking time to read my stuff. I love writing almost as much as I love my people. I went back to college and earned an MFA in Writing for Children and Young Adults and often run on that storytelling track. Enjoy!
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