73 Breyer Horses
by Floyd Cheung
my wife’s childhood collection
obtained one at a time
gift, purchase, reward
packed away for years
now together on our basement shelf
a stampede at the edge of a cliff
two horses migrate upstairs
golden palomino, brown mustang
poised on our dresser
the palomino
rears back, teeth bared
defiant
the mustang
stands on all fours, head cocked
curious
on what adventures
did my wife as girl take them?
what range, which woods?
both stare back at me now
breathing the dust between us
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Floyd Cheung teaches American literature at Smith College. His
poems have appeared in the Naugatuck River Review, the New
Verse News, and elsewhere.
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