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.