could stomp through the nyc marathon
in about 40 minutes flat which makes
no sense given what chases it today
some say this is because the Pronghorn
used to share this land with the now-extinct
american cheetah for over two million years
others say it’s because they’re still being chased
by their ghosts — generations of the doe-eyed
chewing on trauma like cud
just to trick the stomach and heart
to keep pumping and like that
with nothing it blows past me
60-plus miles an hour
the short-faced bears of the pleistocene
are gone now you won’t turn the corner