Trap a white ermine. Scatter salt
on the snow. Its tongue will freeze fast.
Use its pelt for your pillow.Draw a deer to its death to blanket
your bed. Put salt-licks in the forest.
Wait with your bow.Catch a wild songbird. Sprinkle salt
on its tail. Cage the bird in your bedroom
to sing you to sleep.Hold fast to a woman. Taste the salt
on her skin. Leave your sea scent behind
when you go.
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