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