Gone off Trail

The coyotes in the junipers
Don’t seem disturbed. They’re still quavering
For whatever urge motivates them.

The mesa is getting cold. Sun’s low.
These are the passing facts, no longer
Facts by the time lines will reappear.

Old boots squelch in the half-frozen mud.
Nothing subtle to booted humans.
The coyotes in the junipers

Don’t seem disturbed. What are behaviors?
Well, whatever people say they are.
Studying behavior’s quavering

For bipeds. Discussing behaviors,
For sure. Incredibly important.