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We Rode
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We rode our wounded dream
to a place drawn out like Prairie
ground. A washcloth was all we needed,
a sacred rock or stepping stone.
Lingering there with useless hands,
many times ready for the culling field,
holding elephant bones under
condemning light.
We swept the dead-end from our horizon.
We lived looking within, seeking out some mercy
behind our bondage.
This land knew our pacing,
our ineffectual pilgrimage.
It was fire and still burns like war or
a fallen constellation.
We spun our wishes in mid-air,
tilled the lifeless soil
mourning the hot metal
that poured between good fortune
and the bloodstains of destiny.
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© 1992 by Allison Grayhurst
amazon.com/author/allisongrayhurst
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Published in “Synchronized Chaos” November 2018
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