"The Coyote"

/ If you get back off the interstates

/ And away from urban trends,

/ You'll find a coyote doesn't have

/ A multitude of friends.

/ But I kind of like to see one,

/ Or hear him greet the day.

/ He's sort of part of our old West

/ That's fading fast away.

/ Though he demands his tribute

/ I'll let him have his due.

/ Let him take his cut, and welcome.

/ I guess it's his world, too.

/ by Wallace McRae, from "Cowboy Curmudgeon and Other Poems"

Playlist:

• Gene Kucherawy - I Forget How The Damned Thing Goes
• Gene Kucherawy - How It Goes
• Sid Marty - Mountain Earth
• Neko Case - Rusty Mountain
• Dory Hayley - XYZ - Jordan Nobles
• The Radiation Flowers - You Can't Find Me Here
• Clover County - Midnight Crow
• The McDougall United Church Adult Choir - Come To Me, All Who Labour
• William George, featuring Megan Weston, Melanie Adams, Domagoj Ivanovic, Michael Molnar - Vision
• Lois Caskey & Eileen Rowswell - Pure And Holy
• Patricia O'Callaghan & John Burge, featuring Craig Walker - The Passion Of Mata Hari (The Mata Hari Songbook, No. 10)
• Paul Frehner, featuring Mary Beth Nelson, Hamilton Philharmonic Orchestra - Sometimes The Devil Plays Fate
• Spring Heel Jack , featuring Matthew Shipp, Evan Parker, J Spaceman, William Parker, Han Bennink - Part I