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CONVERSATION WITH A PONY
It's true what people say
that you can talk to the animals
but the thing is
you must listen first
for that faintest whisper
subtle, precarious
like tendon sliding over bone
Today he tells me that he will trust
this one encounter
shift his weight toward me
offer something up
beneath his eye a muscle shivers
It is not with words
but the space between them
where animals speak
if you listen carefully
it will be a song
like the prayer of horses
in their own tongue
poem by Annie and Jake the pony
poem by Annie and Jake the pony
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