Wood-Fox, a Sculpture

WOOD-FOX, A SCULPTURE

The fox has drawn a circle
around herself. Deep-red 
rich as mahogany. Who carved
these eyes so they etch
a silence in the room
as we go about our reading?
She inhabits a stillness 
between the words, a quiet 
that survives underneath.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2006

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