Meat

Off they went into the wood
To get meat.
Into the wood
If they could,
To get meat.

Back they came
As they should,
They got meat.

© 1986 Thomas A. Ekkens

This poem is from Collected Poetry of Thomas A. Ekkens—Early Works.

Above painting, "Ekkens, Study No. 1," is acrylic on paper by Mark S. Johnson, c. 1970s.