She might could die

Source: Regier, Travis. 1994. 'The Taxidermist' in Ploughshares 20:4. Full Context: words go. At some point it was easy to pull up my skirt and show him the tattoo on my hip, my green and scarlet feathered serpent. # " Quezalcoatl, " he said. " Aztec god of death. " # " It's my sign, " I told him. " My coat of arms. " # Some people from the bar drove up then, and Owen got to rapping with a black guy who said he owned a leopard. # " She's retching and bleeding, " the guy said. " She might could die. " # " I ain't a vet, Joel. I'm a taxidermist. " # " You told me you went to vet school two years. " # " Yeah? " Owen smiled just a little. I didn't know what that meant then. " Did I tell you that? " # They drank some more whiskey, then started off, as if I weren't there. People forget me that way, because I'm small and quiet. " Hey