wrenched into the space between
vows
gags preserve a truce
split sheets make bridles
reigns are dropped
mustangs are not so stilled
heads up. clouds.
surely one is
horse shaped.
somewhere
to
hurdle the blue conjoined
sky to earth to shore to sky
freedom is.
chains but proof,
in their noise and tension,
of liberties intention
claimed for common benefits
deeds are solemn
herds are acquiescence
royalty is made amongst them
prerogative in the places
where fidelity has made a
no man's land