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The Hide
by David Kopaska-Merkel
the
skin
on the
wall rippled
in a phantom breeze
its head lifted to peer over
the trader's shoulder as he turned and turned the native
war
knife
in his
trembling hands
he mumbled "the eyes"
and jerked his gaze to left and right
while behind him claws were unsheathed and sheathed again
© Kopaska-Merkel, 2007
David Kopaska-Merkel is the publisher of Dreams & Nightmares and likes to dig around in the rocks to see what he might discover there.