A BRYCE CANYON MORNING

early, before the tourists,
we stopped at the red rock entrance

all ours, for a moment

a flash of darkness
whooshed in front of our car

a golden eagle, wide as the car
flapped down on the other side of the road
seized a brown rabbit

lifted up, rabbit and all, in front of us again

and was gone

what a way to start a day!

(except for the rabbit )