Coywolf by Antoni Ooto

What was that, crossing in our headlights?

In that moment close,
our eyes locked.

I knew her.
a Coywolf— slight, 
smaller than a wolf,
mottled gray body, 
cautiously unafraid; 
her face, a pointed threat.
We had nothing to share.

And the road more ominous as
she steals the night again
on her path of instinct.

I missed my chance.

Antoni Ooto is a poet and flash fiction writer. Known for his abstract expressionist art, Antoni now finds his voice in poetry.  His study of many poets has opened and offered him a new form of self-expression. He has been published in Amethyst Review, The Bezine, The Ginger Collect, Young Ravens Review, Culture Cult Review Anthology and many others.  He lives and works in upstate New York with his wife poet/storyteller, Judy DeCroce.