the long eared

The Long Eared.

Driving to town there was a donkey loose on
the road rescued and tied it under a carob tree.
Couldn’t leave it alone like that, parked
my car on a hard piece of ground and waited
for the farmer to come and collect his ass.
It began raining but both the donkey and I had
shelter. Fell asleep, when I awoke it was dark
and the hard ground mud; I mounted the beast
and rode to roadside tavern nearby.
Food and wine, it was late when riding home,
stabled the donkey in the garage. Next day
I rode back where my car was stuck in the mud,
the farmer and two police officers were there
no one asked if the car belonged to me