Begin
in darkness, picking your way along the
path,
mapping memories,
not your flashlight's
narrow beam.
Moon
is setting;
drawn by the same string, sun has
not yet
reached
the
horizon.
The
gods live in myths
of ascent
and descent,
while art is before
and after.
What
is and isn't in the
four pads
of a bobcat's foot?
A fifth, in the middle, walks like a
fox's
heart-shaped center.