7.

a great snow

passing south of

white with memory

brings lynx and elk, all

manner of wild beast

recalling primal borders

long, vibrant edges

unspoiled by language

(not that storm

the TV preaching, but

the unwritten

one

) their yellow-eyed hungers

slip a false curved

modern wind

the cougar returns to Virginia

wolves encircle the

frozen capitol

unending

huge bears

abound

here, north of that

low, against blue water

the kingfisher (laughing
always knows how
the story ends