Swamp Thing Joins the Marsh Horses for a Spell by Jack B. Bedell

Swamp Thing Joins the Marsh Horses for a Spell

hush · issue 4



These horses aren’t nearly as skittish as the animals on the mainland. Or maybe they just see me
as a giant lump of grass. They let me follow them onto the thinnest slices of marsh jutting out
into the Pass without shaking their manes or giving a single grunt. There’s nothing but peace in
this herd with the sun warming our backs and a thin breeze coming off the water. They eat while
there’s eating to do. And they move along when the land’s cleared. No need to save anything.
Nothing to run away from, nor toward. No worry about the smell of rain.
 



 

Jack B. Bedell

Jack B. Bedell is Professor of English at Southeastern Louisiana University where he also edits Louisiana Literature and directs the Louisiana Literature Press. Jack’s latest collection is No Brother, This Storm (Mercer University Press, 2018).