Hot breath blasting back at the cold,
he secretes the worst of what goes in
and in. Heel, Sparky. His leash yanks
at our through-line. He won't go near
but forces a quick veer around Point
Hope. Because I'm nuts to aim us
there. Same old. Same old time-stirred
molecules. My news that's not
so new. Sparky's tug. The black lie
his white teeth bite through:
I never had no dog.
Nance Van Winckel's fifth collection of poems is No Starling (University of Washington Press, 2007). The recipient of two NEA Poetry Fellowships and awards from the Poetry Society of America, Poetry, and Prairie Schooner, she has new poems in Poetry Northwest, Field, Prairie Schooner, Gettysburg Review, and Crazyhorse. She is also the author of three collections of short fiction. She teaches in Vermont College of Fine Arts' MFA in Writing Program.
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