dashing from red-orange

doe dashing down my hill

moments later, a large, red

dog-like creature, orange-red

with broad face and shoulders

and long moments later

a second orange-red creature

as dog-like as the first

of unrecognized breed

and unfamiliar color

a pair of dogs in the neighborhood

that i do not know?

wild creatures that i’ve never heard of?

my only hope is that the doe

is swift and finds shelter

tracks left visible

 tiny tracks of animals

skittering atop the crusted

crystalline snow

unico resort

 rounded brown agouti

supper-handout-seeking raccoon

sneak-under-napkin, snack-snitching crow

torpid, reminder-of-dinosaurs iguana

many non-paying fellow guests

here south of cancun