BLUE EYED BOY

BLUE EYED BOY

Blue eyed boy
blasts off from breakfast like a quail on a rail

Collie dog leaps on board
and they’re off across the prairie
barely touching the tops of hills

Sun gives warmth or cloud gives shade
all depending on his whim
birds and rocks and swaying grass
everything living embraces him

Burrs don’t stick and thorns don’t prick
even fences joining in the play
happily turning their barbs away

Floating along on the wings of four
not long now till they slam that door