Sick horses
They don’t know nothin’
They don’t know nothin’ at all
So give me, so give me
Teeth I can chew with
And just enough of that horse meat
To keep me all skittish
And oh
These teeth that tear
I know
Even predators fear
Scared horses
They know what’s comin’
They know what’s comin’ today
So feed me, so feed me
Horse hide and bile
And just enough taught tendons
To tie up my smile
And oh
These teeth that tear
I know
Even predators fear
I will never
Look like a lion
And I will never
Burst from the grass, to see
Take to flight, sink the bite
And drag that dead body
The meat I devoured
All but exhausted now
Bones I have carved into poems
Hard angles stabbin’ out
The hell am I eatin’?
Horse shit and silage
My plate is steamin’
Like the adage
Don’t look your gift horse in the mouth
And oh
I know
Dead horses
Love to do nothin’
They love lovin’ nothin’ at all
So cleanse me, so cleanse me
With bleach and ammonia
And just enough of that horse meat
To feed the nostalgia
And oh
These teeth that tear
I know
Even predators fear
I will never
Look like a lion
And I will never
Burst from the grass, to see
Take to flight, sink the bite
And drag that dead body