Killing Coyote
Last night, I ran over a coyote. There were only two cars on the road, and he chose to dash between us. I went over him with both right wheels. I couldn't find the corpse in the dark, either.
I'm an admirer of coyotes, but no raving conservationist. Out here, it's well known that when you kill coyote without the proper prayers, there's a risk that his spirit will haunt you or even possess you. The Navajo have a ceremony to ward off the spirit of Ma'i, coyote, that goes on for days.
Coyote is known in many Indian cultures as the 'trickster', which is a little more serious than it sounds. He's a cross between Satan and the Three Stooges. He might curse your immortal soul, knock you off a ladder, or just spray seltzer down your pants.
You can see his handiwork on display every night. Coyote is Sirius, the dog star. Before the Earth was finished, Black God arranged the stars in nice neat constellations. Coyote ran about and scattered most of them around the sky.
Anyway, things have been messing up all day, from the minute I got out of bed this morning. I blame coyote.
Dangerous Bill
I'm an admirer of coyotes, but no raving conservationist. Out here, it's well known that when you kill coyote without the proper prayers, there's a risk that his spirit will haunt you or even possess you. The Navajo have a ceremony to ward off the spirit of Ma'i, coyote, that goes on for days.
Coyote is known in many Indian cultures as the 'trickster', which is a little more serious than it sounds. He's a cross between Satan and the Three Stooges. He might curse your immortal soul, knock you off a ladder, or just spray seltzer down your pants.
You can see his handiwork on display every night. Coyote is Sirius, the dog star. Before the Earth was finished, Black God arranged the stars in nice neat constellations. Coyote ran about and scattered most of them around the sky.
Anyway, things have been messing up all day, from the minute I got out of bed this morning. I blame coyote.
Dangerous Bill