Grizzly Man

I’ve been watching him for seven days
His hands pale
Knuckles moving beneath the skin
Foetus like
I’ve caught seven foxes
And placed them on the river bank
Each night I give him one
Counting down the days till we are one
And clothe his heart in fur
I sing of arms and the man his
Arms that wake each morning
White-knuckled and that copy claw gestures
7 6 5 4 3 2 1 and here I go…
I take him in I take this body whole
So thin like a spine
I thread him on inside of mine
And we are one and we are one
And his is the fur at last I
See his eyes inside my mouth
Even when he sneaks into my bones
Forever unborn
Now finally I am a mother