For weeks—
gather bones.
Meander underworld.
Dig for fossils lost.
Roam restless
with yellow-orbed eyes.
Follow the fog.
Hounded, hunted, harassed,
warm-blood in wilderness.
Tune ears to hear
silence in fertile soil.
Sometimes the earth is firm
beneath the feet. Other times,
it grips, swallows, slips.
Nose in the wind,
footprints in rain,
this soft animal body
powers in dark.
Ravenous beast.
Bloom wild in the belly.
Hock, flank, fangs—
howl on all fours, four-squared.
What matters most is tinted
light in a toothless moon.
All memories erase in air.
Track familiar scent.
Stalk the way home.