Wheezing Wolf, Take 3

the wolf,
waiting,
just outside
the door

asthmatic, couldn't blow
her house down.

Taking pity

she let the animal in....

He clip-
ped [cough] his hairy limbs
with child [cough] scissors
until a mound of his brown coat
lay on the floor.

She hugged him like a boy she loved
hours before
the boy grew into the person he'd be
hours later.

[cough]
The wolf
could not

could!not!