It seems to me she said with glee that you and I were meant to be
I said to her you are a hack and there’s no way you want me back
And there we sat just like that
And it felt quite wrong and it felt quite slack
But I turned to leave and I didn’t look back

Secure a saddle onto Venus
Gallop towards the brilliance of the moon

Love in its absence
Is its origin

Your feet are never far from me
I keep your footprints gathered in one tile

Heat behind my eyes
Pulse in my lips
Tacky flesh of my chest

Falling twisting bleating
White goat kid cries
On its back

YOUNG RICH STALLION
REARS HIS FORE-BODY
IN CONGRUENCE WITH NEW WEALTH