Sort of an Epitaph

Ending up that simple, almost silent
If not utterly
Still
____The white in the eye of
A foal-proud mare: Stay away from
Us.

Thus spake a veteran
Poet still fecund enough
To mix up man and mount.

The last things
Very simply, almost
Naturally
Snort of indistinct centaur.


March 9, 2012