The Learned Pig

Art – Thinking – Nature – Writing

Hamrammr

 

Úlfhéðnar in my wolf-skin,
I am smuggled beneath
this fearsome hide.
Sneaksome, bristlepad varúlfur,
I must stay concealed,
keep my woman-ness below
the scenting of the men.
They would smell my sex
and think me weak,
think me there for the mating,
the taking, the ruling,
the putting me in my place.
Bottom of the pack for me
and them busy marking the horizon
with moon-held silhouettes,
throats open, yow-ow-ooooooooo
coming out. Alpha I! Alpha me!
Alpha us!
All night to anyone
who will listen. Come at them
who disobeys with teeth.

She-wolf, evening-wolf,
I am the fall of dusk, I am peripheral
to their plans. I will do better
without them and when they learn of me
they will name me bitch. I do not care
for territory – for the lifting of legs to mark.
They have a place for me I do not want.

I must thirst
I must creep
I must slink
I must eat
I must howl
I must live

 
 

Part of The Learned Pig’s Wolf Crossing editorial season, spring/summer 2017.

Cover image: Thomas H via Flickr

 
 

The Learned Pig