Poncho goes by
my house
4 times a day sometimes
6

He and his white mule
carry milk cans
in the morning empty
full at midday.

They carry bags
of silage and chicken shit
to make the cows give
more cream.

Poncho rides when he can
sometimes he walks under
a bag of shit
same as his mule.

Some people say
Poncho has a baby mind
I can not say.

He cried like a baby
the day his dog died
I thought
he acted like full grown man.

4 times a day Poncho goes by
my house.
He turns his head
to see me

we raise our arms
in unison
3 slow arches,

6

If we both count.