by Pavel Chichikov
SMALL VISION
Muskrat
Long time since I’ve seen you
Rat tailed blond
Hammocked,
Head and back don’t break
The sagging film of water
Somehow by distortion,
Tilting forward on a water skin
Slide toward us
Why abroad, full sun-lit,
Reed and crayfish eater
Frog’s assassin?
In soft red clay
You live above high water,
Wary swimmer
A tunnel built with claws
And snout
And rudder
And in the darkness do you see
Moon-wavering
White mirrors?
Beware the fox
Who lives not far away –
We’ve seen her in the dusk
At dusk
Like red flame in the air
She runs
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