Grim Work

Blood-stained hatchet and the print of a bobcat (Photo by author)

Moonlight on the snow
A shadow detaches from the blackness
Hungry, lean, and lithe

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Paw prints on the snow
Circling the enclosure
Until a gap is found

Blood on the snow
The shadow takes what it wants
And leaves the rest

Feathers on the snow
One life ended
And another slowly ebbing away

Blood on the hatchet
A promise kept
And a night of terror ended