THE HICKEY

Its shape could be anything:

A fumbled divination.

A map of County Clare.

A shaman’s autograph.

Wax that seals the letter’s secret.

Otter’s coy wink.

Cupid’s lollipop.

The first And of the first question,

the else of the last.

Raspberry's inky font.

Aphrodite’s areola.

Rabbit’s panicked print.

Doubt's deaf ear.

A badge.

A curse.

Memory's smear.

A gobbler’s drooping snood.

Or the ghost of Pequot blood.