WOLF JESUS by M

on a man’s 50th birthday

he got his biggest wish

he became a northern rocky mountain

wolf and lived in bliss

the wolf was suicidal

when living as a man

when living as a wolf he said

“i’ll do all that i can

to live my newborn 7 years

(9 if in captivity)

with none of my residual 

human impassivity”

he curled up in the sunlight

that came through the evergreens

he found a wolf to call his own

his northern rocky queen

they hunted and there was no question

of moral right or wrong

with bellies full of elk meat

he’d sing resounding songs

he’d scare away deforesters

and teenage cans of beer

had they the nerve to stick around

he’d stalk them like a deer

and when his days were up

according to our jesus,

he walked into the headlights 

of a 2014 toyota prius

his knowledge of what cars were

ran dry with human blood

and as the tires screech too late

and as he feels the crushing weight

and as his body abdicates

he knew that he was good