Berkeley

As a girl

Inheriting a marriage

An Aspen Meadow at Dawn

Alligator Bites

She will hurt you

if you

put yourself in the water

with her,

if you

search for her,

if you

attempt to uncover

her madness,

and her desire to eat

your flesh.

She doesn't want that,

but she will

if

you act like a duck

or deer

or replaceable golf ball 

she gobbles

for fun because

she is bored and

it is there.

Back away and

do your

own thing,

and

she may eat your pet,

or swing your baby doll

around

like bacon on a hot stove,

but she won't get you

because she can't.

You are quick

and in-tune,

and

she will

grow

uninterested

in you

too.

A bird