21. standing: waiting
my handsome Arab
adorned in his finery and hand-made shoes
stands and stares
& stamps his feet
then chooses to relent
allows me to mount him
gently
for he loves me
and tells me of his days in the sunny meadows
of sweet grass
and sweeter mares
and the stories told by his mother
& the question of where she had gone
and did I know
when he might see her again ?