Patti Smith’s Horses

The artist sends me Horses
Horses then burst

Burst through the windows
Windows & “Land”

Land inside my ear
Ear almost catches

Catches in the crescent
Crescendo of hooves

Hooves half-buckled
Half-buckled with water

Water still listening
Glistening on a record

Record makes a person
Person not sound alone

Alone in the sunroom
Sunroom split with light

Light’s prism turning
Turning out horses

Horses out inverts
Inverts or the or

Or of my origin
Origin or overo