Wednesday, June 24, 2009

FOX DEATH

The guinea fowls’ cries brought me reluctantly awake.

 

The smoky thread of a grey fox

 

Insensate. A digger pinecone, big as a football.

 

Fish & Game was tongue-tied.

 

Ma in the garage, 3 dogs, the cat, all eyes.

 

The fox back and forth, back and forth. An episode of teeth chattering.

 

Fireman John, after the wrong chicken houses, perturbed neighbors and a pool scoop.

 

A paroxysm

 

2 shots

 

“Have you got a shovel?”

 

Limp; hair soft as clouds. The bright smear on the blade of the shovel.

 

The rest of the day disturbed. Unsettled. Misaligned.

 

We know so damn little about where we live.

 

 -- DHS

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