When I was about ten
I glued together an old
white turtle shell,
a woodchuck’s skull,
and a red squirrel’s tail
to make my first
mythical beast.
What has been created
is never lost. It crawls
up through my thoughts now
on the feet I never gave it.
When I was about ten
I glued together an old
white turtle shell,
a woodchuck’s skull,
and a red squirrel’s tail
to make my first
mythical beast.
What has been created
is never lost. It crawls
up through my thoughts now
on the feet I never gave it.