she spent the night shapeshifting
her form: wafting: shimmering: undulating
from human, to animal, to bird, to leaf, to human
smells were sharper, the cold night clearer, hands and paws,
a flicker, a moment of flight
she awoke the next day beneath a large ash tree
fur, claws and leather her bedmates
overhead, the raven's sound
and the image of him
all in black, mask and beak