No photographs exist.
This man
comes to us unrecorded
yet
recently
inhabiting the fitful dreams
of south dakota
farmers
They say he makes them nervous Watching
from a stand of cottonwoods
his eyes are like
two small dark moons
regarding
the various tractors
that
slice and rut the earth
His horse is plain he
has
an average build the
most normal
of men yet
there is
a blue stone tied behind his ear
the sparrowhawk skin upon his head
and around his body a stormy light
electric
blue
He appears suddenly
among the trees
as they are opening the earth
Or just beyond their kitchen windows
still and watching
or seated on the ground
a hand upon each kneecap
a pose
adequate enough
for any man of beauty.
And when
the time comes
to describe his face
they stare into their coffee cups
by Harly Elliot from “All
Beautyful and Foolish Souls” Trumansburg
NY
sketch from wikipedia.com
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