Shape shifters
Our myths and legends are filled with tales of shape-shifting, fantastical creatures, from vampires who change into bats and hunan beings who morph into werewolves under the influence of a full moon. Naturally, most shape-shifting creatures are pure fiction, however, I recently encountered twelve in an ordinary setting.
Shape-shifters
Twelve of them walk into the room
fuss around boxes
assemble workspaces.
I am seated, draped
on a chez long as they
circle around me poised to strike.
The small silver haired man
shape-shifts into a hawk
perched on ...