"Howl, Spirit Wolf, Howl."

2009, 5" x 5.75", Oil on illustration board.

your hot breath meets
frigid midnight air
as you declare
a creed of cunning.

you will cause shivers
in spines, unseen or seen
lurking in shadows
or was that a ghost?

they hear you now
and you are real,
howl, spirit wolf,
howl.

-abf