The White Buffalo By A.J. Ortega

The White Buffalo

My brother                  and I,

while

                  in our bunks beds,

would

              peer out             our

window

                  to             the west.

at night             he would appear.

Him,

                  who the Indios

worshipped,

                   we knew we were

lucky.

                       we knew we were                   

safe.

with all                   the horrors

and

               dangers        of the dark

He lived

                              motionless,

between the trees

                                 and bushes,

The moonlight on his

                                           back,

His         pearl coat      

                                    shining,

The                          white buffalo

protected                          

us           until       sunrise

By A.J. Ortega

Biography

A.J. Ortega is a writer from Texas. His writing has appeared in Rat’s Ass Review, Poetry Quarterly, Rio Grande Review, Door is a Jar Magazine, American Book Review, Dreich Magazine, The Loch Raven Review, and others. He is an active member of the Popular Culture Association, where his presentations focus on combat sports and Mexican American identity. A.J. produces and hosts Writers and Fighters: A Podcast.

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