originally appeared in Honeyguide Literary Magazine
Hybridized horse-man
with long, looping, fish-scale tail
ornamented with frills.
with long, looping, fish-scale tail
ornamented with frills.
Musician of the conch and viol,
accomplished acrobat of waves.
Hands, hooves, and fins
not vying but, rather,
orchestrated in
harmonious, unfathomed glory.
accomplished acrobat of waves.
Hands, hooves, and fins
not vying but, rather,
orchestrated in
harmonious, unfathomed glory.
He lives on the edges
of maps lovingly drawn
in warier times, when
we unhybridized humans
knew so little
about the deep
and distant
of maps lovingly drawn
in warier times, when
we unhybridized humans
knew so little
about the deep
and distant
—but we knew
we should
imagine.
