When The Coyote Comes

Midnight in the yard
 A dog begins to bark
 The next-door neighbor
 Shuts her kitchen blinds
 Up on the moonlit rise
 Joe-Jack sleeps outside
 On an old gunnysack
 Filled with soda cans
 Out across the lawn
 2 cats have their fun
 Epi and Lou on the slippery grass
 They tumble and jump in a crazy dance
 Look up at the stars like they're in a trance
 Climb the willow tree
 Epi and Louie freeze
 They don't blink or breathe
 A sudden danger
 In the atmosphere
 Walking down the road
 Sniffing as he goes
 An old coyote
 His eyes are yellow green
 Trickster on the prowl
 Throws back his head and howls
 The night heats up when the coyote comes
 He won't rest till his work is done
 Critters flee when he comes around
 Some won't make it home
 Life is never what it seems
 Pull me from this waking dream
 I should have come inside
 So much guilt, so much regret
 Don't let my life be over
 Let me come inside
 I wanna come inside
 Epi and Lou run across the yard
 They look to the window but it's much too far
 They turn and race for the broken car
 Barely make it in
 The night heats up when the coyote comes
 He won't rest till his work is done
 Every critter flees when he comes around
 Some won't make it home