M a r y B u c h i n g e r
The squirrel
is not a squirrel.
It’s a squirrel-colored
plastic bag, navigating
shadows like a squirrel
and then you realize
how a squirrel is—
funnel of wind
a tease
of light.
copyright 2014 by Mary Buchinger
guest editor: Sara Biggs Chaney
Afterword