ferret
raze
after
what
passed
for
a
storm
lost
its
nerve
,
i
spotted
you
on
a
piece
of
property
ten
or
twenty
paces
from
mine
.
i
thought
you
were
a
squirrel
with
a
leaf
in
your
mouth
and
another
embedded
in
your
tail.
you
looked
like
you
fell
from
a
tree
, suffered
a
concussion,
and
woke
up
convinced
it
was
the
right
time
to
insulate
your
home
.
you
seemed
too
big
to
be
so
small
.
you
slid
around
like
a
malfunctioning
machine
trying
to
till
the
soil
.
my
mind
moved
from
thinking
you
were
a
dazed
or
injured
animal
to
wondering
if
you
were
some
sort
of
flightless
drone
the
man
who
lives
in
that
house
bought
to
care
for
his
manicured
lawn
when
he
isn't
around
to
make
love
to
it
with
his
own
two
hands
.
after
my
eyes
adjusted
,
i
could
see
the
leaves
were
claws
.
and
as
you
ambled toward
a
shrub
and
darkness
overtook
you
,
i
decided
you
were
this
.
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