jumentous

 

 

 

 

 

 

he spends all day in the fields

and would probably spend all night

at one with the horses and the hills

and the openness of the space.

 

he comes in dirty, sweaty, grungy

and coated in horse-hair

though i couldn't tell you how,

i, myself, can't touch the beasts

without a lunge in another direction.

 

 

and once in awhile,

though i don't mention it much

he'll return so rushed and bothered

he doesn't notice that

his fly's undone.

 

 

 

 

 

Author's Note

jumentous: smelling strongly like a beast of burdan

Reviews

[Mockingbird]

please tell me he just came from the out house after having relieved his bowels after working in the fields.