Coyotes

 

Coyotes

There’s a coyote in the woods,

      I heard it yelp

Another answered back

             From Far away

Then suddenly I heard

            Out in the darkness

A chorus of them

            Howling every way

I listened as more

            Joined in the clamor

I looked above

            And saw the gibbous moon

They lifted up their voices

            To the night sky

And sang their ancient

            Random midnight tune

For minutes there they howled

            And sang together

Then, as if on cue

            They quit, and silence fell

Their barks and howls

            Faded into nothing

And I was alone,

            As far as I could tell

 

© James L Frady 12/18/2023