Motivated

A horse blowing, somewhere out of sight,

thub-thubity, thub-thubity of hooves

then dust and snapping twigs. A white mare

skitters through the trees and down the bank,

clatters splash-splash-splash across the ford,

gallops thub-thubity-thub-thubity

up the slope to the barn and neighs

like a steam engine coming into the station,

stands chewing, long stalk of hay dangling.