Instructions on How to Dissect a Ground Owl

Small ground owls range themselves on posts along the road

Little old lady ground owls

Like wisdom come out of the sea

Small young ground owls are like the weather

There it comes, there it comes

No one stuffs a small owl without a red lantern

Without a red robe in a black room

Without a wardrobe where scratchy wreaths screak mildly

In the Argentine countryside, the little owls await the hour

Like the Creoles and the Indians

They wait without hope

Ranged on posts

Along the road

Watching the cars pass

A Buick, a Ford, a Pontiac, a Plymouth, a Cadillac

In which the taxidermists ride with their wives and children

Without a red robe in a black room

Without a wardrobe where scratchy wreathes screak mildly

No one stuffs an owl without a red lantern

Without a red robe in a black room

To dissect lions you need lightning

For little owls you need forgetfulness