4 Horsemen, 4 Horses

 

look closely at the Dürer
not just the horsemen
but the horses

each is
a word

each horseman
famine
plague
war
death

and each horse
selfishness
ignorance
weakness
and foolishness

i wish it
a triptych
the two other panels
lost but
at least
described

in the far panel
would be
plenty
health
cooperation
and life

riding
science
knowledge
fairness
and wisdom

to meet
in
the middle
landscape drawn
twilit
and in
shadow

by Ed Covannon

April 2014