Hear one cry out
as if threatened--
Sheep act scattering
You emerge from the wings
unbelievably
The town in tow
puts call to trial
Then grumbles back
down-hill
Under gold light
performance continues
A costumed herd accustomed
to my silence resumes
their place--
gathered upstage
against the back-drop
Back-drop an open field
All day long I keep track of this collection
in spite of lies
that lie
beneath my one line
Wolf
Watched on watch
I can tell
one grows lonely
hears a whisper through the trees cut-
out along the wall
The scene escapes
Again I cry
You plead
I wait for right cue
Held up
by attention
by terror
by rave
a chance to star
it kills my wonder when
wide interest wanes
I turn
shock-monster growing bold
Told to keep
song
for damage
real risk appears in shadow now