Sparkle Horse

Sparkle Horse
Crossed a river
Somewhere in South Dakota
And found something
That changed his life
Not for the better though.
He kept moving.
Outside Denver
He called
An old girlfriend
From a dive bar.
She wasn't selling
What he was trying to buy
So he drove all night
And ended up in Phoenix
Too tired to continue
But he had to try.
The next day
In New Mexico
Beside a creek
He couldn't cross
He laid down
Under a skinny tree
Next to an interesting rock
And didn't get up.
It's a good day to die
If there is
Such a day
He thought
Somewhat sadly.
Yet strangely
He felt a little better.
It's been something
He said
And closed his eyes.


Sparkle Horse
Is
A ceramic toy
A rock and roll band
A man
Who committed suicide.

The poem is made up.