Hound

And then there’s the hound…long legs…nosy snout…slender body…color of a faun…loony…goofy…exuberant…curious…perpetrator of the possum fiasco…late night foray into the yard…a jungle…tracking…hunting…triumph…cornered critter playing dead…expelled babies...scattered on the ground…twisting about in darkness…eyes not even open…a cold nose…sniffs…nuzzles… comforts…a momentary hound mama…okay Ella come…and even she is gone…