Howl

Last night
I heard a howl
So loud it sounded
Like it was in my room
Where I was sleeping then
Wide awake wondering why
The dog did not bark and the
Cat did not hiss so I lay in silence
Waiting listening but no further
Sound gave some hint about
What howled which I mused
Must have been a coyote
But not a cinema sound
Coyote a series of ow
Ow ow sound but a
Single red-skinned
Smooth ooowww
So loud it might
Have been at
The foot of
The bed
Which
Reminded
Me of wilderness
Camping in a tent at
Night where one strange
Sound followed another
Until fatigue and time
Brought sleep under
The Milky Way
Secure in my
Ignorance
Of that
I knew
Not
What.