when I offered Hobby sweet, lovely sugar cubes
and she just sat there
like, lobotomized or something.
Sing a song with me Hobby!
Tell me a story about horses!
Recite a fun rhyme!
Dance with me!
Or, just fall over on the floor.
~sigh~
Doctor Dollie, Hobby seems sick.
She won't eat anything,
she hasn't used the bathroom, like ever
and seems out of touch with her body.
Neigh if you can hear us, Hobby!
Stamp your hoo--
Oh, right.
Wink, then!
Oh Hobby, I love you
even though you don't do anything
or say anything
or even seem to know I'm alive
just like Mommy loves Daddy!
Hobby, we shall ride the range
even though you're passing strange
I will love you, love you true
and never make you into glue
Hobby, wild horse of the western bedroom!
with a head full of fluff
and a body like a broom!
Hi-yo, hi-yo Hobby! Awayyy!
I will do everything!
Do for you and talk for you
preparing me for marriage
somedayyy! Hoorayyyyyy!
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for Poetics: "Running With Horses" hosted by my friend Queen Cool Dora!
The adorable hobby horse pictured is available on Etsy from HappyHobbyHorsesHH.
Music: Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band Equestrian Statue.