Artemis

 

Tigers and zebras both dream of changing stripes

Of dusk and tall grasses

The wolf and the deer are fearful and thrilled

By the hunt and the strike

Standing stark on winter snow

The moth and the candle’s flame

Are equally filled by desire

Though for wholly different reasons

 

Do not come unto a hunter

And speak softly of needs

These pleas will be ignored

Rolled over and plowed under

 

Slowly and boldly instead

Reveal the secret

Of what it is you want

And seek

And will take.