The Japanese horses stand there
taut and muscular as the great
red sun slowly descends
it will be later when the spiders
appear bottle-bodied within
their filaments scurrying in
the darkness of nighttime’s shadows
inside the bar he sits quietly
an embodiment of patient sadness
the cynicism of life now behind him
sipping from his glass the owl
solidly unmovable even in
the harshness of an incandescent bulb
on the wall behind him a painting
horses waiting for the sun to set.
Paul Ilechko is a British/American poet and songwriter. Born in South Yorkshire, he now lives with his partner in Lambertville, NJ. His work has appeared in a variety of journals, including The Night Heron Barks, Louisiana Literature, Iron Horse Literary Review, Sleet Magazine, and The Inflectionist Review. His first album, "Meeting Points", was released in 2021.
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