Bayou Legend

By Janet Breakfield

Published by Goodwin Imaging at Smashwords

Copyright 2012 Janet Breakfield

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“Loup Garou”

Some nights a shadow bends the sugar cane
...........towards the back porch, and what wind there is
.....................carries a scent that starts the dog to grumbling.

It doesn’t matter that all the locks are latched
...........and all the knives are put away. The moon
.....................has risen over the fields, and coons and treefrogs

press their bellies against cypress and keep quiet.
...........These are nights mothers warn their children
.....................to keep hands and feet over the mattress;

the Loup Garou is coming for their fingers and toes.
............It doesn’t have to come as the wolf, or fog.
.....................It could easily be the blue heron creeping