An Open Letter to a Raccoon Mother

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Dear Raccoon,

I call you Raccoon Mother because you were a mother once and I don’t know how else to identify you. You suckled babies at your breasts and maybe witnessed them grow up to maturity. But when I met you, you were alone. Alone and helpless. Helpless and crippled. You bled. You lay still. You could not stand. Your fur was saturated from the rain. And ticks held tight to your skin like barnacles on a rock.

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An Open Letter to a Raccoon Mother
http://animalvisions.wordpress.com/2010/11/05/an-open-letter-to-a-raccoon-mother/