© by Peter Blue Cloud (1935 - 2011)

Wolf
Language: English 
Burrowing deep into earth, until the grave is complete, hiding in daytime shadows, panting
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Cacioppo's program note reads in part: "The text describes the gruesome reality of violence perpetrated through greed and lust. This reality, however, is transfigured by the victim’s spirit which, in the form of a shadow, absorbs and consumes it, changing evil into dancing energy."


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This text was added to the website: 2025-07-02
Line count: 55
Word count: 310