no thanks

someone dies
and you are offered
a horse.
you don't want
a horse.
where would you put
it?
then there's
the vet bills,
the oats.
the walking
and riding,
the hosing it down
from flies.
what if it
kicks you when
you walk
behind it.
when you see
a horse you want
to be behind
a fence
maybe a hundred
yards a way
with a gas mask
on.
you don't want
a horse, and so
you say thanks for
the offer, but
no.