November 1, 2004
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That dead, stinking horse does know that it is dead, hopelessly mired in hourglass sand: blue blood, red blood thick as oil seeping down, guzzling down. But where's the dead-horse rider, still riding as if nothing transpired, as if no warnings signs existed as plain as a blue blood standing in the middle-of-the-stream in wide-eyed rapture, there floating beside him the dead and stinking horse, buzzing round the corpse a spontaneous generation: flies, flies, flies and even more flies: as redundant as falsehoods once the full truth and nothing but is known. Still, the dead horse sweats, steam rising from that wreck-of-flesh, while from the corner of the rider's mouth, spittle drools. The stream-bed is dry; the horse's tongue is bloated and swollen. The stars in the desert sky sparkle, twinkle in the dead-horse rider's eyes, while the cavalry searches the empty tombs, the dumps and storage depots for some arc-of-the-covenant, some proof-for-the-people that the call-from-beyond was more than voices inside his empty skull. · · · · · ·
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