A WOLF by Jorge Luis Borges - October 1992



Grey and furtive
in

the final twilight,



he lopes by,
leaving

his spoor along the bank



of this nameless
river

that has quenched the thirst



of his throat,
these

waters that repeat no stars.



Tonight, the wolf
is

a shade who runs alone



and searches for
his

mate and feels cold.



He is the
last

wolf in all of Angle-land.