Friday, September 2, 2022

i'll never do that again

i'll never ride a horse
again,
she tells me as they mend
her broken leg,
her hip,
and shoulder.
but in a year she's back
on top
of another horse,
galloping
across the field, an
unseen pit
up ahead.
i laugh, having said
the same thing about
marriage once.

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