I like this take on the wolfman myth, Arthur. Not a lot more I would say.
bw
James
>From: arthur seeley <[log in to unmask]>
>Reply-To: The Pennine Poetry Works <[log in to unmask]>
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>Subject: New sub: lycanthrope
>Date: Fri, 8 Nov 2002 12:43:23 -0000
>
> lycanthrope
>
>between the market stalls he loped
>soft pad of unshod feet
>stooped low
>drifted past
>silent swift
>startled shoppers
>shrank away
>stilled and pale in disbelief
>doubted the truth of it
>thin as a whippet
>lank fair hair
>a matted shock
>rank animal reek of him
>feral snarl of terror
>and warning
>parted the people ahead
>hand of uncut nails
>clutched white chicken bones
>against grubby jeans
>ragged to the calves
>he flitted into the shadows
>faded into memory
>pub gossip
>myth
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