12-01-2024, 02:33 AM
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It is a sound which, heard, can’t be described:
the almost-flatulence a horse’s lips
make, blowing out when startled or alarmed.
Efficient, for the breath it just took in
upon which danger tingled, is expelled
to warn all other members of its herd
instinctively, perhaps, but for a beast
so powerful but vulnerable, blessed.
It is a sound which, heard, can’t be described:
the almost-flatulence a horse’s lips
make, blowing out when startled or alarmed.
Efficient, for the breath it just took in
upon which danger tingled, is expelled
to warn all other members of its herd
instinctively, perhaps, but for a beast
so powerful but vulnerable, blessed.
Non-practicing atheist