Twin trails

Birds hop two-legged
on crisp drift tops
animals criss-cross between
hot-footing spoors as frozen melt
with dexterous tailpiece sweep at back
defacing giveaway tracks

Impelled to scrunch two random lines
unsettling pure snow scenes
- vandal, spoiler, lone Crusoe
just checking that I've been
Alex Mckenzie ~ Tracking

Shadowing Alex McKenzie’s wonderful poem for Merril’s quadrille prompt: Staying on Track