Wolf-Alice Flashcards
could this ragged girl
with brindled lugs have spoken like we do she would have called herself a wolf
nothing about her is human
except that she is not a wolf
the nuns poured water
over her, poked her with sticks to rouse her
they found that, if treated
with a little kindness, she was not intractible
bold
nakedness
he will use the holy cross
as a scratching post and crouch above the font to thirstily lap up holy water
the wolves had tended to her
because they knew she was an imperfect world; we secluded her in animal privacy out of fear of her imperfection because it showed us what we might have been
she bruised her muzzle
on the cold glass and broke her claws trying to tussle with this stranger
he believes himself
to be both less and more than a man, as if his obscene difference were a sign of grace
the peasant thought the Duke’s dearest
victim had come back to take matters into her own hands
