<\/p>\n
Imagine for a moment that you’re a muskox
\nand it’s damned cold and even more damned<\/p>\n
windy.<\/p>\n
You scrape your hoof over a rock
\nto get at a veneer of moss under
\na drift of snow which<\/p>\n
incidentally<\/p>\n
is blowing around you and your herd
\nin diagonal-horizontal mini-tornadoes.<\/p>\n
A threat appears
\nout of the snow gusts<\/p>\n
and like you have so many times before
\nand like your ancestors have done for<\/p>\n
eons
\neons
\neons
\neons<\/p>\n
you form a head-outward ring
\naround the calves.<\/p>\n
Only this time its not
\nwolf or bear.<\/p>\n
A clawless
\ndull-toothed
\nstick-bearing beast.<\/p>\n
The ear-shattering thunder
\nshatters your skull.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Imagine for a moment that you’re a muskox<\/p>\n
on a pedestal
\nwith styro-snow
\nin the basement
\nof a university lab building
\nby an elevator
\ntucked in a corner
\npartially covered by a<\/p>\n
black
\nplastic
\ntarp.<\/p>\n
It’s much warmer here.<\/p>\n
But if it were up to you
\nyou’d prefer the tundra.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Imagine for a moment that you’re a muskox and it’s damned cold and even more damned windy. You scrape your hoof over a rock to get at a veneer of moss under a drift of snow which incidentally is blowing around you and your herd in diagonal-horizontal mini-tornadoes. A threat appears out of the … <\/p>\n