The Horses

And then she talked about
smoking crack all the time
while they watched the horses die,

then trying to drag them away to burn
because you can't just leave
dead horses
lying around
on your property like that.

but they couldn't do much
because the truck wouldn't run
and the power got turned off
so the well didn't pump
and they had to live
like animals.

Even after the government took the children
that didn't stop them;

hell, it made it worse.

Still does,

and left me wondering
how in god's name
do you ever get past
something like that?