AGRISCULPTURE Studios - for the past few years - has drawn not only human visitors from all over the World - but those of the Wolf variety as well...
Please enjoy a story written for DIRT Magazine - from the perspective of WOLF...
I am WOLF : Encounters Between Friends
Sunset lights - playing - dancing - silver blue glowing - shadow snow. Crystal crackling partially frozen - wild carcass lying - waiting - rewarding - many solitary miles. Sinewy delicious - nourishing feasting. Walking Woman - stopping silently - observing - breathing. Her breath clouds – hovers – dissipates - she comes no closer. I see her. Continuing eating - she’s continuing – watching – blinking - breathing - we have an understanding.
She sees me - she is Friend. I am whelp - I am WOLF.
Midday field - tiny farmhouse with many flowers. New grass - small creatures - side of the road. I pay no mind - front porch Woman - sundress staring - barefoot - strawberry lemonade. Rolling and yelping - yipping and biting - first kills - new meat - small victories - quick learning. Laughing and ears pointing - tail wagging and teeth baring - powerful - mighty - I fend for myself and taste fresh joy.
She acknowledges me - she is Friend. I am pup - I am WOLF.
Black night - Warwick hills - deep time and dark space. I call out – echoing – repeating – howling – mixing - sorrow and joy - loneliness and connection - silence and sound. I inform her I still exist - back porch - silent - Summertime Woman smiles - listening - yearning to create the same vibrations. I hunt - I journey - I return. I cannot tell her where I’ve been - only where I am. Here I am - I am here. Coyotes join in - farm dogs don’t dare. I make hills howl.
She hears me - she is Friend. I am grown - I am WOLF.
Bright morning - direct sunlight through barnwood windows - too comfortable for daybreak departure. Sweet soft hay - seduced my old bones - quiet solitude - no escaping the dreamtime. Farmer’s Wife Woman - roasting chicken – scents – succulent - steeped - into my subconscious. Lo – the Dairy Farmer - gravel crunching - sunshine dazzling - now empty still warm barn-bed-hay-nest - cornfield fleeing - woods bounding - yet momentarily noting - barn entrance - shiny chicken carcass - small metal pan.
She feeds me - she is Friend. I am old - I am WOLF.
- Amy Lewis Sweetman
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