1. In which the wolf shows up

 

Sometimes you cry wolf and the wolf shows up.

You know this one. I’m sure you’ve heard what they say

about the cat, too, but it was more than just

curiosity.

 

2. In which one of us is the wolf

 

Do you think a person can be a treasure chest

without also being the shovel and the map

and the locksmith you call up when you lose

the key? Some words taste like trying to tie

a cherry stem in a knot when you have no idea

how to use your tongue muscles like that. I

bet we could tie a cherry stem in a knot if we put

our lips together though, and isn’t that the trouble?

If there was a plan, not getting to this point was it, but

we both know there was never a plan.

 

3. In which the other one of us is the wolf

 

Somehow the two of us made it to a hotel bed

in Montreal even though he taught himself

how to eat continental style when he was in school

and I still get food onto my fork with my other hand.

We’re waking up but he’s trying to keep me

under the covers with him even though he knows the thing

about how I eat, and I’m starving and I want coffee and I

want to be outside immediately and I want everything and

I’m so sorry for everything but I am tired of laying

down and letting my stomach growl waiting

for him to be ready to get up.

 

4. In which we are both the cat

 

We’re both trying to fill ourselves up

by swallowing the other whole.

 

5. In which my predictive text is the wolf

 

A lot more people

have a hard time to get

a good price for it and it’s not as good

for a watch that has the right price

point for a lot more money to get

a nice looking one that will be worth

the money

in a nice looking piece

that will last you forever

in a nice piece that

you have a good time and enjoy

the rest of your life with;

the watch you are wearing today

I love it.