same word in chickasaw for wolf and coyote
so, my brother nashoba calls me
ofi, the dog
spirit wrong
half wolf, half coyote.
says he would still call me dog
if i was all coyote, even
if mother nashoba made me full wolf
he said i would be wolf artificial.
a stray handful of fur from my neck
in his grip.
Source: Poetry (July/August 2022)