Message


︎︎︎ Dustin Cole

︎ June 4, 2026

Cursor is from the Latin
meaning runner

From the Middle English
meaning running messenger

A horse catches up to
the messenger to stop the message

The mounted messenger
signifies negation

The horse is a real horse
The messengers are real messengers

The cursor on your screen
is a real runner really running

but brought back
by the mounted messenger

to empty silence
with open eyes

The eyes of the messengers
are real eyes

Where they stand
is wide open



Dustin Cole’s latest poetry collection, After Sunstonewas published by Farthest Heaven.