**Both short, though unrelated.**

{1} Untitled (and possibly unfinished?)

the girl up on the balcony—
it's so dark, she's a shadow, she's unseen
high up in the rafters
she can hear the coughing, she can hear the laughter
she can see the magic and she can see the actors.

she's like a stormcloud up there, waiting
look out, it just might start raining.

{2} "Nightmares"

When I was a child
I dreamed of wolves. I dreamed their teeth
and their fur
and their faces.
and their eyes glowing in the dark.

I dreamed of all creatures, all creatures with teeth
and claws, and talons
and snouths, and fangs
and sharp spines and scaled bodies;
mouths wide to swallow.

I dreamed the fears of my ancestors, I made them my own
the wolves spoke my name and my name alone.