The best carousel horse
would have no tack,
no gilded hooves,
no rolling eyes,
no bared-wide teeth
The best carousel horse
would leap because he could
not because of spurs
The best carousel horse
would scarcely feel your weight at all
would gallop free instead of prance
would love his part in one world's dance
The best carousel horse
would remind folks
of the real horse
of a horse of flesh and will
of a horse with personality
not a thing, not a toy,
not a servant or glorified car
But that's just why
the best carousel horse
will never be made.