horses in the snow
RIDERLESS HORSES
An owl on the dark waters
And so many torches smoking
By mossy stone
And horses that are seen riderless on moonlit
nights
A candle that flutters as a black hand
Reaches out
All of these mean
A man with coins on his eyes
The vast waters
The cry of seagulls
---Robert Bly
from The Light Around The Body, 1967
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