Every Apple, Every Dreamer, Every Prime

At the top of the stairs: a horse. No, 
the shadow of a horse. No: a shadow 
  
as if cast by stair: if cast: (that is, 
thrown): as if recollection. Mete answer, 
  
virginal smutch. Dependent on skill: 
mine. Or another's. And like a bronze 
  
monument. No need to defend; as if 
we were going: somewhere, same place 
  
electricity goes at night. The sound 
it makes: I am always confusing 
  
with blood: (the sound): that purling 
hum. A plaque to mark where the village 
  
stood. Obscured by snow. As if a 
form had lingered: hesitant, or drawn: 
  
no matter. With my nickeled key 
I'm unlocking the door. With my good 
  
eye I am scanning: the landing: no 
horses here. I'm promised. Cast 

your thread upon the waters. In terms 
of the scaffold, in terms of the lave. 
  
The spit or the serry. Add vellum, brush 
away the old equations: Archimedes 
  
displaced. Were it so easy to remember. 
The sire and the dam, the field 
  
laced with honey. A scarab of bees. 
Where I bought him. Without impediment 
  
this pine threshold. No: chipped from 
residence. As preference: sweet acre. 
  
There is always a spy wanting to see 
                    what you see. 
There is always one spy, wanting.