The Fox

Cold end of afternoon, frost
still scratched into stubble grass,
the sky emptied of birds, and the old fox
picks his path past the window—

this survivor, self-healed, his brush
bent from an ancient hit-and-run,
flanks grizzled, door-mat rough,
scrubby as thorn bush.

You won’t find him eyeing you
from a calendar of winsome nature.
Tomorrow’s soon enough for his stink,
delicately placed for the sun’s release.

D.A. Prince

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