i finally tore
up her

tableau

quartered
the drawing

and flicked
my bic into

the four corners of the world
that had framed her so long

stuck in a clearing

with foxes closing
in or were they

conspiring to help
with their circling?

that is the question 
of terror.

that is the why
of the how

i burned her so
she could take 

that step into 
the moonlight

knowing she can 
never be harmed 

for she 
has become

fox
woods
circle.