I am Carriage Horse, by Yuki Endo Subscribe to rss feed for Yuki Endo

I am horse from Amish.
I live in bad hotel.
I have no space to lay down.
I have to sleep standing up.
My hotel is not fire proof.

On day of my duty daily.
Owner walks me down dangerous steep slope
to street level.

She or he hooks carriage on my back.

Some owner don't feed me carrots, but only grains.

I have to share my food with my friend, Pidgeons.

They force me to walk, ran through
busy traffic.

My boss force me to work non-stop
Forcing tourists onto my carriage.
While I am waiting for tourists,
my both tied me up to street ramp,
traffic light ramp, parking sign or
bus stop pole.

I cannot stand temperature when it reach 18*F and below or
90*F and above.

I want to yield to pedestrian, my boss wouldn't let me.
I want to follow rule of roads just like car,
my boss wouldn't let me.
I don't want my carriage ride to be overload with tourists,
my boss don't care.

Some of us get spooked easily
because taxi drivers, car drivers or truck drivers
have no respect for us.
Even cyclists and pedicabs, skateboarders.

I have to breath polluted air from cars or buses.
I have to navigate through all kinds of vehicles.

I don't want to stay here.
I don't like city.
I don't like noise.
I want to go to home.
Not to bad hotel.
But in good farming hotel in country side.
where owner and children takes cares of me.


I don't want to go to bad industry.
where they killed many of my friends
for meat.

Sick to my stomach,
I want to roam free.
I want freedom because
I feel like an African Slave working for white people.

Please tourists don't take ride on my ride.
I don't want you to give my boss $50
for forcing me to work.
Please go for my friend's protected carriage, which are
buses or taxis.
Pedicabs and rent a bike sounds good to me.

My friend got spooked in Columbus Circle and ran away with
two couples whoose romantic turned tragedy
and hit my friend, parked limo
which was resting peacefully until friend's carriage
crushed. Carriage got also got destroyed.
Posted: 2012-12-16 06:36:16 UTC

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