a painting of a heron
Category: critters
A dream is like a small animal that disappears when you chase it
but will come back if you offer it food.
border terrier
this time I only merit
a brief sniff
It staggers me
to think that I owe my existence to the most athletic among a crowd of sperm cells.
jumping spider
pressed flat except for
its arc of eyes
dog sniffing
past the trailing arbutus—
coyote scat
This coiled resistance may become a spring—
the first arabesque of a new wild.
