IDES OF AUGUST
Coyotes are circling around our truth.
- William Stafford (�Outside�)
Time before the calves come
to fill the canyon
with the scent
of limp placentas,
wet hides licked
to stand and suck
for the wobbly first time �
time to smell milk
on their faces.
Time to find the rifle,
oil the dust away,
locate that brutal place
and stow it
with a box of shells
in the pickup
until they�re big enough
to fend for themselves.
Comments
After reading this I'd like to point out that not all conventional Western answers work for everybody, yet we're so inclined to consider without thinking that it is correct and anything else suspect we do not question an alternative? Why not just try an alternative? It has to be much less risky than putting drugs within your body or risking surgery if it does work- think of of all the possible benefit.
Posted by: Jacqualine Reddy | June 5, 2010 6:14 AM