A Step Slower Than a Shadow

Footfall, Breeze On an afternoon when sunlight settles to the end of the yard, a dog walks slower than its own shadow. The way back was a little faster.

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Alight

Just before the shadow, shorter than at noon, touched the threshold, the cat carefully sat on it.

Alongside

On a long sunny afternoon, two dogs in the yard cross over each other's shadows.

Footfall

I saw the shadow cross first, and the dog following behind. So you were walking the same path over there.

Shimmer

The shadow of a dog crossing the yard reached the wall, then scattered in the evening breeze.

Ridgeline

There was an afternoon when the sunlight settled at the edge of the yard and lingered for a long time. I walked slowly then, too.

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