Undercarriage gravel rattle.
School of shaptails v-ing overhead
Like steelhead up ancestral river.
Setters shift to high alert
From cold dead sleep.
Antelope in fading light
Lining out for new country.
Brilliant in goodbye day.
Road leavings and dog hair
Spitter shells, dust and shotgun hulls.
Going out now and tired
Rearview plume wide and long
Day done and tap beer calling.
Last light buck stotting away.
Old friend we have seen this many times.
Mouthful of Feathers 