Love Poem: Midsummer Coal Night

Midsummer Coal Night


O Kentucky, my love
Why doth thou wear such a sad Equus frown — 
Hast not thine squire Apprentice
	swept thy Medicaid stalls clean?
Though stable be thy bridled heart,
	who knoweth whence
 a Church chill shalt descend Down
Giving thus thine joyously warm soul
	a Midsummer coal night
Doth not thou light a prayer vigil candle
to yield glow of the uncertain path ahead — 
Or hath the cowardly Goal Of Pilate canary taken flight?
May God Offer Plenty of flagellations to it’s yellow dark soul
Such a coal, coal Midsummer night ... 
More midterm election promises double-quilted down
	will cover thine bare equestrian body
on such a coal, coal Midsummer night ...
O Kentucky, my dearest love
Doth the bluegrass words, 
	from thy secret lover Apprentice’s
		tweet stained lips,
soothe thine shivering soul?