LOUP GAROU I-III {a suite}

by David Tomaloff


i.  LYCANTHROPE

hyper
werewolf

;  soft it was
,  the city sliding

off its back

a man can only
be a man except

in those rare cases
when he is more


ii. VARIATIONS ON A THEME

some cities are cities
;  other cities are fires

the undead of the forests
that preceded them

still inhabit the cracks
,  where they live

on the gin
& the blood

of the living

we count the days
by the stars that pass

;  we forget what we can
by the blue light of day


iii. AMONG/AMUCK

the sharpened teeth
;  the shoulders

sometimes
,  she said
,  I fear for the worst