Zócalo Public SquareOde to My Leopard Print Coat – Zócalo Public Square https://legacy.zocalopublicsquare.org Ideas Journalism With a Head and a Heart Mon, 21 Oct 2024 07:01:54 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 Ode to My Leopard Print Coat https://legacy.zocalopublicsquare.org/2021/10/29/ode-to-my-leopard-print-coat/chronicles/poetry/ https://legacy.zocalopublicsquare.org/2021/10/29/ode-to-my-leopard-print-coat/chronicles/poetry/#respond Fri, 29 Oct 2021 07:01:56 +0000 by Carrie Etter https://legacy.zocalopublicsquare.org/?p=123197 If there must be
winter at least
I will wear this
leopard print
cape of a coat,
thick faux fur
smelling of dried
jasmine and sweat,
drawing friends near
to stroke gingerly
the animal of it.
I leave it
in a field,
and it becomes
a fox and her kits’
most luxurious bed.
I dangle
raw meat,
and a sound—
part purr, part growl—
rises from
the plush.
If I rest it
on my lap, it coils
fevering under
my touch.
Sometimes I
finger its folds,
pet it with
a rare patience,
and am sure
it sighs.

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winter at least
I will wear this
leopard print
cape of a coat,
thick faux fur
smelling of dried
jasmine and sweat,
drawing friends near
to stroke gingerly
the animal of it.
I leave it
in a field,
and it becomes
a fox and her kits’
most luxurious bed.
I dangle
raw meat,
and a sound—
part purr, part growl—
rises from
the plush.
If I rest it
on my lap, it coils
fevering under
my touch.
Sometimes I
finger its folds,
pet it with
a rare patience,
and am sure
it sighs.

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