GREAT WESTERN ROAD TRIP
St George, Utah...Act 2, in which we ended up going to the Rosenbruch Wildlife Center

We stalked our quarry
Through the forest
While thunder boomed in the distance
and night darkened

The animals flash heads up at us
Appear to come alive
Run, charge, eye to eye

We point at the animal
Angle our weapon at them
Finger trigger presses down
And then that sound,

the polished sound

Of a refined gentleman

Educating us on habitat

And diet, and relationships to others

And we learn what threatens them

Those foreign species

From woods altogether unheard

And now still, in death,

Telling their stories through flesh