As if the snow
and all it tries to hide
weren’t born of want too.
At the edge of the wood,
at the edge of one cold wound,
coyotes call their own.
Strange mouths wanting still,
a rabbit escapes beyond
teeth and endings.
Hunger like this feeds
on possibility. Your shadow
on snow is enough.
from TeratologyFind it in the Library
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