The world is a mask that hides the real world.
Thatâs what everybody suspects, though the world we see wonât let us dwell on it long.
The world has ways - more masks - of getting our attention.
The suspicion sneaks in now and again, between the cracks of everyday existenceâ¦the bird song dips, rises, dips, trails off into blue sky silence before the note that would reveal the shape of a melody that, somehow, would tie everything together, on the verge of unmasking the hidden armature that frames this sky, this tree, this bird, this quivering green leaf, jewels in a crown.â¦
As the song dies, the secret withdraws.
The tree is a mask.
The sky is a mask.
The quivering green leaf is a mask.
The song is a mask.
The singing bird is a mask.
Wednesday, March 22, 2006
Coyote Tours NYC: Central Park, then Anesthesia
Coyote Loose in New York's Central Park Captured After 2 Days
March 22 (Bloomberg) -- A coyote loose in New York's Central Park was captured by wildlife officials this morning after eluding them for two days.
Officials had corralled the critter several times since it was first spotted March 20, though it managed to escape each time. They finally caught up to the full-grown creature and tranquilized it near the 79th Street transverse, according to Parks & Recreation Department spokeswoman Carli Smith. It will be sent to a wildlife reserve upstate, she said.
Televised video from today showed officials trying to corner the coyote before the animal jumped into a pond and disappeared through a hole in a fence. Officials speculated the coyote entered New York through the Bronx from Westchester County, north of the city.
Coyotes have lived in New York state since the 1920s in all regions except New York City and Long Island, according to the State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry. The so-called Eastern coyote often looks like a German shepherd dog, and large males can weigh as much as 60 pounds (27 kilograms), the college said.
The last time a coyote was captured in the park was in April 1999, Smith said.
March 22 (Bloomberg) -- A coyote loose in New York's Central Park was captured by wildlife officials this morning after eluding them for two days.
Officials had corralled the critter several times since it was first spotted March 20, though it managed to escape each time. They finally caught up to the full-grown creature and tranquilized it near the 79th Street transverse, according to Parks & Recreation Department spokeswoman Carli Smith. It will be sent to a wildlife reserve upstate, she said.
Televised video from today showed officials trying to corner the coyote before the animal jumped into a pond and disappeared through a hole in a fence. Officials speculated the coyote entered New York through the Bronx from Westchester County, north of the city.
Coyotes have lived in New York state since the 1920s in all regions except New York City and Long Island, according to the State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry. The so-called Eastern coyote often looks like a German shepherd dog, and large males can weigh as much as 60 pounds (27 kilograms), the college said.
The last time a coyote was captured in the park was in April 1999, Smith said.
