"So many suitors.... Who can resist Vievee Francis? 'Horse in the Dark, ' just like 'Blue-Tail Fly' before it, attests to Francis's graceful state of dignified self-possession informed by sorrows, brutal violence, and hidden desires. Francis's desire lines are complicated. Ever authentic and observant, she adjures us... to follow her... to put down our bow, take up our lyre, and sing. 'Horse in the Dark' is the long version of Philip Larkin's line "What will survive of us is love.'" –Scott Hightower, author of Part of the Bargain and Self-evident
