Seperate Destination

Saw a coyote on the way to work.

It was a lonely feral dog

A coyote wandering in the rain

 

It looked up at me

Pausing for only a moment

Perhaps contemplating

My purpose

 

My reason for being in

The same spot at the same time

As him

 

In the end

The only logic I had

To offer my soggy friend

Was we both had places to be

 

For separate reasons entirely

04/15/2012

Author's Note

0636 am

Reviews

[Mockingbird]

kind of scary being in the presence of a coyote. you were going to work to put food on the table. and he was probably going out to look for food which would also be work. cool poem.

[flyingdreams]

wow. Loved this. simple. elegant. captivating. :)
Everyone has Places to be.

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This is an amazing piece of writing. It's astonishing how we bump into beings but are heading in entirely different directions. Superbly written. The brevity of this write makes it powerful -- particularly the impact of the last line.