Apex Predator

To run from today
or hide from tomorrow,
the ultimate hunter,
time waiting downwind

Each day is a stalking,
your tracks to betray you,
escape out of season
—the wolf closing in

(Sacandaga Lake, New York: January, 2022)
Copyright © | Year Posted 2022

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