• “WOLF CHANGE”

    Corsair of the wood
    Discard your skin for your pallid
    Wormlike vulnerability
    Corsair of the wood
    Exchange your skin for pelt of dun
    And brindle luxury
    A pentagram is burning
    In your eyes
    And soft, pale twists
    Of wolf bane
    Squeeze your heart
    A grinding pain is writhing in your thighs
    The crunch of bones
    Proclaims the change’s start
    Pirate of the flesh
    Throw back your head and part your jowls
    To sing a lunar song
    The forest paths are dark
    The night is long

    BY ANNETTE KLAUSE
    (BLOOD AND CHOCOLATE)