BESTIARY
There is no place to hide
before God
………. whose name we invented
as if our imagination needed a shelter
from the storm or a hut of our own
to come home to or, perhaps, a safe
to put away our terrific
………. treasures.
There is no place to hide
before animals,
………. themselves nameless,
each, a shimmering pulse of light, moving,
breathing as one ravenous burning flame,
………. hooved, clawed or fanged,
remains under the skin
………. ………. ………. that inexorable
bliss, devouring its tail.
Author’s Bio
Miki Fukuda’s poems have appeared internationally in journals including CV2, The Maynard, Written River (US) and Earthlines (UK). Her chapbook Finality of the Morning is forthcoming from Baseline Press. She is currently working on her first collection. She lives by the woods and lakes of Golden Acres Park, Nova Scotia.