Knowing
By McCabe Coolidge
Published: September, 2003
wild horses paw the surface
freshwater rises
floats on top
salt water sinks, gravity’s favor
lapped first by the stallion
then the harem
scatters and converges
passing cedars and live oaks
the male stops,
females curve around him, snorting
my heart savors these salt tears
mystery to me
they surface at daybreak
recede with the arc of the sun n
