HABITAT

A fox

will sniff for food

at the back door

and later leave

its scat at the front.

A deer at night will

dookie-up the lawn

and nonchalantly

the next day

nibble on

the low hanging leaves

in the yard.

The men

inside the house

will shoot the shit

for days and then,

in tamer moments,

scrupulously

sift through the landscape

of their lives

for the stink of habits

that keep them

comfortable

and ravenous 

at once.