Seaside on Horseback

Seaside on Horseback

Spinning, spinning, spinning

Blue-green sea foam songs

Like little fish through veins. Round

I go¾an ellipse, a double helix¾

Vibrations causing catalystic

Change. Toes skimming water¾

Gone airborne¾

Fingertips touch clouds!

Converting sunshine through slippery skin

With saltwater bubbles on solitary ride.  Fingers

Lock on horse’s mane

While twirling atoms spillback¾

Oh God, here I go¾hips shake

Feet tap, arms circle, come apart, hands

Clap! Clap! Clap! 

Up and down hips plunge,

Slip slip slip

Onto shoreline to dancing men;

Sweat sweat sweat

Into bare-naked dune. Glass breaks

Spilling energy into raw lust¾glorious lust!

Whip snap clap tap, can’t stop¾   

Hesitant chance breathes faster¾exhaling

Inhaling, teasing sadness

Into submission. Evening wildness

Blurred under new moonlight

As celestial body exhales moon breath

Like silks shifting. Horses clopping,

Gaining strength as old secrets

Breathe back in¾letting truth

Go wild; let it go¾let it go to the bone spring,

The aching rib, keep it long past old age¾wonderfully

Afraid¾alive! Feet fly, fingers play  

At twirling silk. Can’t breathe¾

Sing in the air then, and always¾

Always let the men wait

While women and horses have their way.