Captivity

Captivity One night, the wolf boy Smelled longing through the walls. He paced the floor and howled. Rooms away, The wolf-girl raised her head and answered. The next day, A woman found them together. The wolf-boy was taking the wolf-girl from behind, And she was crying out The only word she knew: Hungry. Hungry. The woman smiled. "We have a name for this," She said. "We call it love. It is what makes us human, It is what seperates us from the....." She paused. "Love will tame you. Don't you want to be tamed?" The wolf-girl reached out, Parted his invisible pelt and touched skin. The wolf-boy gave her a toothless kiss. They uncrouched and married. Now, she has a closet full of fur coats, And he goes hunting on the weekends. Each time a child is born, They carry him into the breathing woods And leave him there.