Bessie

My comrade - 
was 
a candy apple red steed. 

I would admire 
the way the sun 
would catch and sparkle 
across her bars, 
marvel over 
the grand Ferris wheel 
in proportion 
to her two small children. 

Some days 
we would don 
the sound 
of my sea foam flip flops, 
galloping, 
I would let 
the rough cement 
guide us 
as 
I rode 
on, 
a mad train west.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2005

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