I can just imagine
the village-folk,
whispering among themselves,
“The wolf is out there somewhere.”
Like it or not,
he’s in me everywhere.
John Grey is an Australian poet, US resident. His work was
recently published in Hawaii Pacific Review, Dalhousie Review, and
Qwerty, with work upcoming in Blueline, Willard and Maple, and
Clade Song. He won the Rhysling Award for short genre poetry.
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