One poem by Sophie Jennis

By Sophie Jennis

There was a horse I met, his name was the thought of a tree. I saw him

in the backdrop of darkness in my mind, and on a farm, and in the desert. 

My friend gave me a shoe – I took it and threw it from a cliff. 

I repeated the words a father told me, 

a friend’s father, in their garage. I called the shoe back 

to me in my mind and threw it over and over again,

repeating my mantra in the language of snakes. 

When I found peace the wind stopped blowing and the dust settled,

in the desert, the horse could breathe, the horse was hot. The horse ran

and was depicted on a blanket hanging somewhere in Arizona.

About the Author

Sophie Jennis’ work has been featured in New York Tyrant, Hobart, Shit Wonder and more. Her debut chapbook ‘Find Peace Either Way’ was published in 2019 by Blush Lit. She is a licensed master in social work and is currently training to be a psychotherapist.