My arms can reach pretty far,
but they cannot span this tree of a city,
this place with branches that spread
not too far but far as a snuffle of a ground-borne creature
falling into the hole it dug to prove
that it can be safe from the haters
otherwise known as coyotes.
This town is big enough for the coyotes
and a few people.
But please do not let the coyotes
get pushed any further back.
They should get to share the land
that we hope does not burn
because they exist
and that is enough
to persist as a valuable
thing.
Roman Ryan 