Wild Horses and Ancient Fishing

But not both at once,

Not around here, where

Wild horses are more

Recent than ancient,

The streams too narrow,

Washes seasonal,

Crayfish more common

Than abundant trout—

Even fisher-folk

In ancient, lean times

Only fished part time.

Still, you see a sign

Advertising art

Shows in Durango,

And you consider

Why it sounds so fine

In an age of roads,

Signals through the skies,

International

Supply chains, the world

Arguably more

Gaia than ever,

To contemplate Wild

Horses or Ancient

Fishing—the hard lives

Bright, evocative,

Your mind hooked and caught

By something moving

Through phrases, small wild

Otherness in words.