Summary

The speaker describes walking with someone named Dion and her dog in a field by the speaker's house. They find the half-eaten leg of a deer, which the speaker thinks is a doe. The leg points toward a grove of eucalyptus where the speaker imagines that the rest of the doe's body lies (likely carried off by a mountain lion). As Dion, the speaker, and Dion's dog continue roaming the field in the second stanza, they find other fresh remains. The speaker tells Dion that the leg is all hers.

In the third stanza, the speaker reports that Dion has had several body parts replaced, including her hip. The speaker herself limps slightly due to a bad ankle. Between the two of them, they are "fair game" for predators (19). As they keep walking, the speaker thinks about how her sister-in-law is dealing with cancer...