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JIM MANNING
Wolf
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Myths say that if one
sings soulfully and
with fervor over the
bones of a wolf,
she will rise from her bones
and walk away full-bodied.
Like a modern Indian
chanting over buffalo bones,
to revive his sacred food,
I sing psalms
of praise and forgiveness
to the wolf; from hot, humid
arroyos of Oklahoma
where I ran free
and above the steep
asphalt canyons of L.A. where
I am bound by voluntary servitude
in glass and steel mountains.
The horned owl, the cougar,
deer, elk, air and water
all need the wolf
to make their land wild again.
What do I need?
I know about raw power
creating the mountains, know
about water sculpting ridges
and gouging out deep canyons.
Now I walk over
moss-padded boulders,
under beards of lichen
hanging from ancient trees;
lie on river banks
watching the future--
primordial water
raging toward me, by me,
into the past.
I need the wolf to rip
away layers of asphalt,
scratch in my red dirt
and howl over my bones
to resurrect my natural man.


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