Saturday, March 23, 2013

A LONESOME DWARF IN A HOUSE OF WHORES


He lived in a mythic kingdom.
His house stood in the shadow of a mythic mountain.
He was a small man but one of great vision.
In his dreams, he saw drones in the sky
and robots on horseback.
He saw men fighting wars by remote control.

He saw a hooded figure holding a sword.
He took this as a sign;
he took this as a warning.
He imagined the end of the world
as he lay beneath the shade of a blue tree. 
He imagined it all broadcast on TV.




Wednesday, March 13, 2013

FOR EIGHT BELLES (EUTHANIZED AT CHURCHILL DOWNS)


There are no dark stalls now to hold her.
There is just the open range and the endless blue.

No one taught her how to run
but oh how she flew,

her eyes ablaze even after the race was done,
before gravity finally took her on and gravity won.