Paper Horses

(Song inspired by Drew Lesso's music)


I see paper horses
on construction paper,
galloping, prances in paper corrals,
paper horses in paper stalls,
eating paper grass and hay -
women are made of glass,
men are made of clay.
I see paper horses
on merry-go rounds,
paper horses circling me,
paper horses on carbon paper,
matted paper, computer paper,
recycled paper, drafting paper,
I watch them eat paper grass,
I watch them as they play -
women are made of glass,
men are made of clay.

With paper scissors,
I cut out paper horses,
thorough breed and quarter horses,
Clydesdale and Arabian horses;
place the on paper party plates,
tack them on my paper walls;
pencil in flowers and grass,
watch them mate and play -
women are made of glass,
men are made of clay.

I see paper horses in my dreams,
in stockades and slaughter houses,
abused, neglected paper horses,
paper horses killed en masse
while circus horses feed on hay -
women are made of glass,
men are made of clay.