A stone-edged pure pool at a desert lodge, late afternoon. Thermal water, faint mineral shimmer on the floor. At the pool’s edge, a big bronze horse – weathered green-copper at the shoulder, fired orange the place the late solar catches the flank. One Twin floats on a pool tube in gradual circles, hat over face, a condensing drink deserted on the stone coping. The opposite stands waist-deep at the far finish, the horse.
