4 April

Day 4 (2)

Wolves

It makes me smile when someone else’s dog
breaks quarantine and runs towards me -
I am without dog and they pity me

They are almost wolves still, but not quite -
like the poodle with the bad haircut
relieved in these quiet times
that none of his friends can see him

They are almost wolves still, but not quite -
like the dachshund with his belly in the wet grass
They are almost wolves still, but not quite -
like the sleek one that hunts,

and will never catch a thing
but dreams, I think of running
but dreams, I think of running back