when I can’t see her
long tongue lapping
a drink from the leafy
pool in my birdbath
has she registered
with a political party
does she attend
home-and-school
night to fight against
sweetened drinks
in vending machines
as bad for her cubs
is she friends with
the doe and four
fawns who also
troop through
my yard or the buck
with his full rack
of antlers looking
like an insurance
advertisement
does the raccoon
advise the vixen
on mascara
length of eyelash
have they agreed
it’s silly
to shave their legs
will the fox catch
a neighborhood cat
will she lie down
with a lamb chop
topped with mint
and a paper ruffle
where do her feet
foxtrot at night?
Margaret A. Robinson’s new chapbook of poems, about breast cancer and love, is called "Arrangements" and is available at the Finishing Line Press website. Robinson teaches in the creative writing program at Widener University and lives in Swarthmore.