By Sergio Ortiz* 

A Wolf 

passed by my eyes
leaving his footsteps
in my veins.
Stealthy and hungry,
he stalked the city
scrutinizing the future.
Today the shutters are closed
because in this poem
there’s a wolf
coming to get me.
Even when I try to be quiet
he jumps the words,
a memory rips out a howl,
and devours me.

* Sergio A. Ortiz is a gay Puerto Rican poet, and the founding editor of Undertow Tanka Review. He is a two time Pushcart nominee, a four time Best of the Web nominee, and a 2016 Best of the Net nominee. His poems have been published in hundreds Journals and Anthologies. He is currently working on his first full length collection of poems, Elephant Graveyard.