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An Old Wolf

from Stay Positive by Anchoress

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The old man sang softly to himself.

As he walked out onto his porch
In the late afternoon.
All the noises of his family
Muted as the door swung shut,

And still he sang softly to himself.

All the grandkids watching YouTube on their phones make him flash back,
At that age he was taught to hunt,
And he marked his victories in red ochre on the cliffs above the lake.
As his mind wandered down that path, his feet followed.

As he walked,
He sang old melodies,
That shook old memories from the trees,
And they fell around him like old leaves.

But as he approached the lake,
He was stopped at a barricade,
In front of loud men and their machines.
He could see a crowd at the gate,
Holding signs, public debate.
With that distraction, he was never seen.
He was a young hunter again,
As he snuck past the men
Through the heart of the camp to the cliff face.
He saw that it was gone,
The red paintings on the rock.
The whole of the cliff, flattened and replaced.

By the growing outline of a pipeline.
The oil men have come again,
They brought their dying industry with them.
He knew this must not stand,
He must defend the land,
The old wolf hunts again.
Sly like a fox, clever as the crow.
He could be a hero.
The old wolf hunts again.

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from Stay Positive, released March 25, 2022

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Vancouver Punk since 2010.

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