Escaped Felon
The black cow. Two green eyes
lit by my running headlamp.
A statue at the turnaround.
Unusual. Like two reflectors
at the end of a sandbar. Like
two eerie unblinking lanterns
atop Port Washington lighthouse.
Like an unwelcoming, obsidian
wall surrounding a county seat
using four legs as gate posts.
Like an immovable red SUV
out of gas at an intersection.
Like reality, where the facts
support its claim of a horse.
--Todd Sukany 22 Nov 2021
The black cow. Two green eyes
lit by my running headlamp.
A statue at the turnaround.
Unusual. Like two reflectors
at the end of a sandbar. Like
two eerie unblinking lanterns
atop Port Washington lighthouse.
Like an unwelcoming, obsidian
wall surrounding a county seat
using four legs as gate posts.
Like an immovable red SUV
out of gas at an intersection.
Like reality, where the facts
support its claim of a horse.
--Todd Sukany 22 Nov 2021