Jacquot

Jacquot

Is black leather jacket and blue shorts.
The cigarette dangling from his mouth
One golden ear-ring on the left.
A bald patch on his head.

His eyes, opaque mysteries.

His lover-voice:
"I love you. Me too. No not Me too.
Just I love you."

He fishes all day "'til10pm."
He loves dogs and making them obey.
He's a man.

"Beautiful, In God's name!"
His booming ecstasy,
The day of the horse show.
"I ride them night and day;
They know my call!"

That night I dreamt of him
On a black stallion by a stream
Dark eyes squinting at the sun
Cigarette locked between his teeth
Galloping off in a splash
Of foam and golden leaves

Like that cowboy on TV.