Wooden Horse

movingfingermovingfinger Posts: 117
Today I saw a horse in the woods,
Leaf mane rustling
In a closed window breeze—
How free, how free
I thought
To be a horse in the trees.

When then the horse
Began to neigh
And biliously proclaim
That to be a horse
Of the trees
Is to be a horse
Continually lame

Then I looked
With dismay
At his hooves
Knotted, decayed
And felt a coldness
Grow inside
Pulled out a gun,
Shot
And watched till he died
And all the sap
Ran from his veins
For as free as it is
It is no fun
To be a wood horse
With nowhere to run.
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The Moving Finger writes; and, having writ,
Moves on: nor all your Piety nor Wit
Shall lure it back to cancel half a Line,
Nor all your Tears wash out a Word of it

-- Omar Khayyam
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Comments

  • justamjustam Posts: 21,410
    Even though I enjoyed reading this, I can't help wondering why a tree would die from a gun shot wound and why you'd feel compelled to kill him because he's not happy? :)
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