I Thought There Would Be More Wolves

Sara Ryan is the author of the chapbooks Never Leave the Foot of an Animal Unskinned and Excellent Evidence of Human Activity. She is a managing editor at Iron Horse Literary Review.

SELF-PORTRAIT AS MAMMAL
I.
WOLF QUESTION
I THOUGHT THERE WOULD BE MORE WOLVES
YOUR DAUGHTER IS A LIAR
NESTING MATERIAL
PREHISTORY
THE FIELD MUSEUM
ARLINGTON PARK
THE MACKINAC FOX
A MAN TELLS ME HOW DIFFICULT MY BODY IS
A MAN IN A BAR TAKES A PICTURE OF ME
I WILL HAVE FORGOTTEN YOU BY SUNDAY
BEAST FABLES
II.
WOLF QUESTION
SCRAPE
OF MEN & BIRDS
BAD HUNTER
MAPPING MY FATHER
KNIVES BEFORE FORKS
FOR A MOMENT
RAW HONEY
STOPPING TIME
GRASP
INVENTORY
III.
WOLF QUESTION
IN PRAISE OF THE EXOSKELETON
PARENTHOOD
EXTINCT
CUFFING SEASON
THE LIZARD THAT LIVED FOREVER
RENOVATION
LAMB WITHOUT A MOTHER
RIFLE SEASON
WOOLLY BONES
BLOSSOM ROT
FEVER
MUD CEREMONY
IV.
WOLF QUESTION
CALL ME A COURAGE
THE GIRL WHO CRIED WOLF
LITTLE GRIEFS
GLASS GRAVITY
FAVOR
SHEAR
THIS IS THE REALM OF LAST CHANCES
ORIGIN OF THE MAPPING SYSTEM
CIRCUMSTANCES OF DISAPPEARANCE
LOOK WHAT I HAVE DONE
MY FATHER ASKS IF I WAS RAISED BY A JACKAL
ALPHA
BRAMBLE AND KNIFE