Women and Horses


I told myself

I wasn’t going to

write a poem called women

and horses

because I don’t know

enough about either of them

I have no idea

what horses are thinking

when they gaze at me

with their big brown eyes

it’s the same look

I sometimes get from women

as if they’re not sure

what they want to do with me

and they’re not sure

what I want to do with them

and I know women

hate it when

you compare them

to horses

they think it’s demeaning

and that they’re not

being appreciated

but what the hell

do I know