Thursday, February 09, 2023

Wolf Howls the Blues

 

The wolf remembers being big and bad.

Down comes the rain on trees penned in a park.

Dreaming of little children makes him sad.

So tasty, toothsome, in the woodsy dark,


The crunch of bones, the fellowship a pack

Affords: who, fed now from a keeper's cart,

Savors a salted girl, the perfect snack,

Some innard put aside, a treasured part?


Do not, thinks wolf, settle for metaphor,

The skirtchaser, the fairy's tale, the lone

Arranger who waits snidely at the door.

That kingdom lets a goose sit on its throne.


No, to be wolf is wolfkind's greatest good,

Here where the world is run by Riding Hood.


1 comment:

URC said...

Nice.. :)