Sea horse is easy,
his tail daggers out from his hilt,
his head question marks his form.
Frog is easy too,
his legs are folded wallets.
But Fox,
Fox is difficult like Bear,
his ears scissor from his head
and his cheeks must be bent
like they are full of bones.
The folds must be winter
and clear as a child before sight.
When finished,
the face should gouge angles
into the soft lines
of a hand.

Erik Leavitt is a student of English and classics at Macalester College and has worked as a creative writing teacher for SASE: The Write Place's Our Stories Ourselves program. He has won the Wendy Parrish Poetry Award and his work has appeared in Blue Skunk and American Poet, as well as online at www.crania.com.

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