curious

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A pair of young gray foxes poke their heads out of their den, a culvert in a dry creek in the Tice Valley area of Walnut Creek. From the Bay Area and beyond, life of all kinds is emerging.: photo by Tom Stienstra, Brian Murphy / San Francisco Chronicle, 12 June 2016

And then life emerged 

somehow again, exposed and naked   

poking its nose into the large cold unwelcoming world

                                Goin' my way?

Love

of it looks out

from the culvert on Marin

where the underground creek lets out

this time of year, curious

and not inappropriately

shy

        skulking

away from traffic

back into the dark

so fraught

out there

and perilous

but soon enough

the young raccoons 

ascend boldly to scare 

off, then pilfer

the food of the meek

outdoor night cat 

main chance the defiant ones

opportunistic survivalists

would live to exactly

22 1/2

in "the wild"

                   here 

on suicide street

if they make it 

as long as their first November

it will have been on nerve alone

 

MEXICO - A man takes part in the World Naked Bike Ride against gas emissions from cars in Guadalajara. By @mexhector: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 11 June 2016 

AFGHANISTAN - Women look on as they wait to receive food donations during Ramadan in Jalalabad. By @NoorullahShirz: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 11 June 2016

#Euro2016 England fans clash with police in Marseille yesterday #AFP Photo by @tabascokid: image via AFP Photo Department @AFPphoto, 12 June 2016

 Friends and family of victims embrace outside Orlando Police Headquarters: photo by Steve Nesius/Reuters, 12 June 2016

 

Friends and family of victims embrace outside Orlando Police Headquarters: photo by Steve Nesius/Reuters, 12 June 2016 

 
The scene near the Pulse nightclub on Sunday as the police conducted an investigation: photo by Kevin Kolczynski/Reuters, 12 June 2016

 

The scene near the Pulse nightclub on Sunday as the police conducted an investigation: photo by Kevin Kolczynski/Reuters, 12 June 2016 

  

A Russia supporter clashes with an England supporter in the stands during the UEFA EURO 2016 group B preliminary round match between England and Russia at Stade Velodrome in Marseille, France: photo by Peter Powell / EPA, 11 June 2016

A bomb disposal expert checks luggage near the site of a blast at a terminal in Shanghai’s Pudong International Airport, China: photo by Aly Song / Reuters, 12 June 2016

Police fire water cannons to control the fighting after football fans clashed ahead of the England v Russia Euro 2016 soccer match, in Marseille, France. French riot police used tear gas and water cannons to try to restore order as English and Russian fans brawled in a series of clashes ahead of their teams’ Euro 2016 opener, leaving at least 19 injured. Bare-chested supporters hurled bistro chairs and bottles in the Vieux-Port area, where the cobbled streets were left littered with broken glass and debris, in a third consecutive day of violence.: photo by Niall Carson / PA via AP, 11 June 2016

People run after police use tear gas to disperse soccer fans during clashes following the UEFA EURO 2016 group B soccer match between England and Russia in the port of Marseille, France.: photo by Tolga Bozoglu / EPA, 11 June 2016

A man injured in clashes is assisted by police officers in downtown Marseille, France. Riot police have thrown tear gas canisters at soccer fans in Marseille’s Old Port in a third straight day of violence in the city.: photo by Darko Bandic / AP, 11 June 2016

England supporters are pressed against a retaining wall as they attempt to flee Russia supporters  in the stands after the UEFA EURO 2016 group B preliminary round match between England and Russia at Stade Velodrome in Marseille, France.: photo by Daniel Dal Zennaro / EPA, 11 June 2016

Russia supporters clash with England supporters in the stands after the UEFA EURO 2016 group B preliminary round match between England and Russia at Stade Velodrome in Marseille, France.: photo by Daniel Dal Zennaro / EPA, 11 June 2016

Russia fans charge at English inside Marseille stadium: image via Reuters Top News @Reuters, 11 June 2016

Clashes break out in the stands after the Euro 2016 Group B soccer match between England and Russia, at the Velodrome stadium in Marseille, France: photo by Thanassis Stavrakis / AP, 11 June 2016

Supporters clash in the stands after the UEFA EURO 2016 group B preliminary round match between England and Russia at Stade Velodrome in Marseille, France: photo by Daniel Dal Zennaro / EPA, 11 June 2016

Spectators try to escape from the stands as clashes broke out right after the Euro 2016 Group B soccer match between England and Russia, at the Velodrome stadium in Marseille, France.: photo by Claude Paris / AP, 11 June 2016

People run after police fired tear gas following clashes after the Euro 2016 soccer championship group B match between England and Russia in Marseille, France. Clashes between football fans Saturday in Marseille’s Old Port occurred for a third straight day of violence in the city.: photo by Darko Bandic / AP, 11 June 2016

 

Euro 2016 violence spreads to second French city: image via Reuters Top News @Reuters, 11 June 2016

Clashes erupt in Marseille ahead of England-Russia match: image via Reuters Top News @Reuters, 11 June 2016
 

'Road of death' to Aleppo pounded as air strikes cut off rebel areas: image via Reuters Top News @Reuters, 12 June 2016


SYRIA - A wounded man is treated at a medical centre following reported air strikes in Kfar Batna. By Amer Almohibany: image via AFP Photo Department @AFPphoto, 11 June 2016

Suicide bombers 'kill 20' outside Syria shrine: image via AFP news agency @AFP, 11 June 2016

 
Russia and England fans clashing at Stade Vélodrome in Marseille: photo by Oliver Weiken/European Pressphoto Agency, 11 June 2016 



Russia and England fans clashing at Stade Vélodrome in Marseille: photo by Oliver Weiken/European Pressphoto Agency, 11 June 2016 


Tears, outrage and heightened security amid LGBT Pride: image via ReutersPictures @reuterspictures, 12 June 2016
 


Russia backers, left, fighting with an England fan: photo by Peter Powell/European Pressphoto Agency, 11 June 2016 

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Russia backers, left, fighting with an England fan: photo by Peter Powell/European Pressphoto Agency, 11 June 2016 


Police at the crime scene outside Pulse nightclub, after #Orlando shooting: image via ReutersPictures @reuterspictures, 12 June 2016

UEFA investigating Russia after assault on England fans at Euro 2016 match: image via Reuters Top News @Reuters, 12 June 2016

 

 
Florida gunman referenced Boston Marathon bombers: official: image via Reuters Top News @Reuters, 12 June 2016

Abandoned Ice Cream Guy. Monticello, New York.: photo by Bob Esposito, 5 June 2016

Abandoned Ice Cream Guy. Monticello, New York.: photo by Bob Esposito, 5 June 2016

lighten this dark heart. I think I took this in Seattle. There is some writing on the wall with an indecent proposal concerning cops but it's hard to make out.: photo by QsySue, 8 June 2016

GUFEY (Las Vegas, Nevada): photo by QsySue, 15 February 2014

roadside America: photo by QsySue, 2 June 2016

Trump calls on President Obama to resign in wake of Orlando shooting: image via Reuters Top News @Reuters, 12 June 2016

  VENEZUELA- People line up to buy groceries in supermarket at Catia neighborhood in Caracas. By @federicoparra #AFP: image via AFP Photo Department @AFPphoto, 11 June 2016

'We want food!' Looting and riots rock Venezuela daily: image via Reuters Top News @Reuters, 12 June 2016


Orlando triggers Facebook 'Safety Check' for first time in U.S.: image via Reuters Top News @Reuters, 12 June 2016

A Kashmiri Muslim looks on during the annual Hindu festival at the Khirbhawani temple in Tullamulla village, some 30 kilometres east of Srinagar. Thousands of Kashmiri Hindus, many of whom were displaced more than two decades ago, attended the festival in order to worship the Hindu goddess Mata Khirbhawani on the day of her birth.: photo by Tauseef Mustafa / AFP, 12 June 2016

The grandmother of 15-year old Palestinian teenager Murad Ideis, who is accused of fatally stabbing an Israeli settler, stands next to the rubble of the family’s home after it was demolished by Israeli security forces: photo by  Hazem Bader / AFP,  11 June 2016

A Guardsman faints during the Trooping the Colour ceremony for Queen Elizabeth’s official birthday in London: photo by Dylan Martinez / Reuters, 11 June 2016