Apology for Bad Dreams: St Croix 1953
by Alan Catlin
Apology for Bad Dreams: St Croix 1953
after Robinson Jeffers
Memory or dream ?
The white horse
at the base
of a ravine
securely tethered
to a tree
struggling
to set himself
free
panicking
as tropical storm
winds bend trees
at the top
of the plateau
toward the earth
snap the trunks
pull out the roots
impelling the broken
full-grown palms
down
all the way
down