pale horse

pale horse songs of a slow decline

sideshow words if the songs don't mind

a few more lines

the oil and the wine

i thought i'd left that all behind

pale horse vows in the sacred signs

traded for an infinite aloneness to find

wooden signs

helpful signs

how to fit your thoughts in mine?

black horse reaping of the crops we grew

comforted by sequences of sounds we knew: you abide in me

and i in you. but what exactly should i do?

pale horse songs of a slow decline

sideshow words if the boys don't mind

a few more songs

a few more lines

i thought i'd left that all behind