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A low shot of two horses' legs on a field. The front horse is white, whereas the back horse is brown. — Photo by Sydney Moore on Unsplash

Sound effects are a parallel life 

made of common materials 

wood blocks for hooves et cetera 

I hear thunder above a prairie

I know to be shaken aluminum 

I know there is a horse under it 

not needing to be fed or broken

Allan Peterson

lives and writes in Ashland, Oregon. His most recent book is This Luminous: New and Selected Poems (Panhandler Books, 2019), with inclusions from his last six books. His third book, Fragile Acts (McSweeney’s, 2012), was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award. His website is allanpeterson.net

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