Garry Knight photo
By
Penn Kemp
Pointers
High-pitched harmonics disclose who knows
what information. If it hurts our ears, imagine
what sound carries to Foxes near and far.
Fox hears beneath the noise to the sound
too deep that silence creates— when birds
hush and she hears their heart beat.
I know Fox watches, invisible to me but not
to birds or mice. They reduce heart rate and
heat to go unnoticed. If the predator is hungry,
her prey is quiet. When Fox is full, her victims
pay her no heed. They know intent when she
sniffs the air for whiffs of food on the move.
Mary McDonald photo
Penn Kemp
Penn Kemp is an activist Canadian poet, playwright and editor. Her latest works are Local Heroes, and the forthcoming Fox Haunts. Recent books include Barbaric Cultural Practice and two anthologies edited, Women and Multimedia and Performing Women. See www.pennkemp.weebly.com.
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