To Carve a Horse

They say to carve a horse
is easy; simply take away the stuff
that doesnt look like a horse.

Suppose, suppose the horse youre trying to carve
doesnt look like horses youve seen?
A different color perhaps,
or shaggy in the mane,
short in the shanks,
no Trigger,
Buttermilk or
Silver, not even
Champion or
Scout, but
Shorty or Scruffy.

Suppose the horse youre trying to carve
is really named Tubby,
and you carve away too much
and are left with only part of a horse.
The back part, maybe.

Then what have you done,
there are already more of
those in the world
than there are horses?

copyright 2009, Dean Quarrell