CRUMBS

breadcrumbs

in a dark wood

follow them away

from the fairy tale

don’t use them

to make

a false home,

a candy-coated

house that hides

a boiling pot and

a blind hunger

inside

let them lead you 

out then feed 

them to Crow

or Coyote 

watch the scraps

turn into

shining stones 
that will skip

like light across 
the lake of your life