A pair of foxes, disrupting the snow,
Were trampling the edge of the nuptial den;
At dusk, their hard love reveals to surrounding brush
Their burning thirst in crumbs of blood.
*The Creuse is a department in central France named after the Creuse River.
Demi-Jour en Creuse
Un couple de renards bouleversait la neige,
Piétinant l’orée du terrier nuptial;
Au soir le dur amour révèle à leurs parages
La soif cuisante de miettes de sang.
Published in Cider Press Review, Volume 14, Issue 1.