Omigosh oh snap
oh horrors I heard it
so close too close
and way too big
might be one of those
Little Wolves I’ll bet
there are two
no ten a whole pack
oh God I just know
they bite
I
must
do
as
Ma
ma
said
stand
per
fect
ly
still
un
til
he
turns
a
way
then
run
like
Oh heck, it’s only
you, and you’ve been
looking at me
all day long
and haven’t even
seen me
once.

From Snake Den Ridge: A Bestiary (March Street Press, 2008).
Used here with the author’s permission.