I became his
horse meaning
for a minute
there I looked
promising like
a winner might
just maybe
he could drive
me someplace
special someplace
he wanted to
go or I was
already there
or if not quite
closer than
he was just then
and so valuable
or vault-able
either way hurry
up and neigh.
Copyright © 2023 by Lisa Olstein. Originally published in Poem-a-Day on March 29, 2023, by the Academy of American Poets.