Alex McKeown
Gift Horses
The mouth
is not
the problem. Lips
do not reflect. Teeth
hide only phlegm.
But a blank stare
opens lines
of questions
better left.
Never look
a horse in the eye.
Fragment,
you're too big
additions will skin you
I eye your potentials
I'll kill them
and a poem will live
Alex McKeown is a Tasmanian poet and translator. His work can be read at alexmckeownpoetry.com and he likes to tweet about his favourite poems as @akashisama.
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Gift Horses
The mouth
is not
the problem. Lips
do not reflect. Teeth
hide only phlegm.
But a blank stare
opens lines
of questions
better left.
Never look
a horse in the eye.
Fragment,
you're too big
additions will skin you
I eye your potentials
I'll kill them
and a poem will live
Finally.
relief splits me
takes me finally
breathe in breathe out
in out
in and out
entirely
Alex McKeown is a Tasmanian poet and translator. His work can be read at alexmckeownpoetry.com and he likes to tweet about his favourite poems as @akashisama.
