How Hibernation May Work

Shimmer within translucent rays
of gauzy moonbeams
as this sky-hearth
of pristine encircling
warmth
sashays us
towards home,
where images
forged in fire
slumber
and simmer
in cratered kettles.

Tumblers and jugglers sleep
like dark bears
fat, snuggling
in thick snow,
while the awakened
mute yelp
out loud
coherent
animal thoughts,
archaic, purposeful,
and kind.