Saturday, June 14, 2014

The Stray

Millennia of breeding will do that
To wolves -
Make them prance for affection
Even if they're stray
And gray
And wet,
At a blinking early-morning traffic light.

Decades of city life will do that
To men -
Make them chary of affection
Even if it prances
And wags
And begs,
At a blinking early-morning traffic light.