near the university
sanctioned horse
festival they learn
how to roam on
retractable leashes how
to pirouette mobius
strips in tomorrow’s
torn up turf these
no ordinary specimens
not from fetus
jars packed hundred
fold into roaring engines
the piebalds graze and you
can’t know instant coloration
you impersonate young vultures
ready to drop upon me
fellow field grazer dancing
in my brand-new ostrich skin
John Blake Oldenborg (he/him) calls Tallahassee home but currently attends the University of Nevada, Las Vegas where he is earning an MFA in poetry. Some of his poems are forthcoming in Misery Tourism, New Note Poetry, Rat World Magazine, Bullshit Lit, and appear elsewhere online. Twitter: @LMFAOldenborg Email: [email protected]