Thursday, February 27, 2014

ol' suse

all day
from dusk to dawn
they roam the fields
turning and plowing
all season long
together
a man
and his mule
he feeds the beast
gives it water
nurses it when sick
and calls it 
ol' suse
which happens to be
the name
of his sister
and 
when the mule
does something 
contrary
or does not do
what is required
he smacks it
repeatedly
on the nose
because