Suppose Horses
A poem for America
Suppose Horses
suppose hector had been spared
not dragged around troy everything
exposed to the sky to the people
suppose his lungs never filled
with blood his hair never cut
for war suppose he’d never put
his helmet on his son’s head
never cursed his brother never
had to understand frailty as only
a warrior can suppose horses
never needed to be broken
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