Horse Thief Basin

[~Sophia~]

(as "big city" as Phoenix is, the wild west is never far away )

Horse Thief Basin


I’m studying the language of hop and shuffle.
My teachers, a high strung chorus line of grackle
convene at sunset in the tree out back.

A macabre strand of swivel-headed christmas lights
blinking ( a living rosary ) of course their reticence
dissolves on contact like rice paper in water

I want that sure footed strut. Touching the
ironwood I can feel its roots channeling a
bravado of faraway hooves - wild horses

racing Mariah across gulches and flattops.
The grackle ruffling their fantails like the
stiffened skirts of dancehall girls kicking.

[Pendragon]

I like that reference to "They Call the Wind Mariah". Good job!

[~Sophia~]

Thanks Pendragon, that was after my first line-dancing lesson at a bar that actually has a horse coral LOL. It was fun.

[DanBierce]

Very well done, Sophia. No nits from me. :)

[~Sophia~]

Thanks Dan!