let's ride on dark red horses, love

let’s ride on dark red horses, he says,

he smells like the rain,

he tosses his head,

bare-chested, beautiful,

let’s ride, he says,

he smiles in lightning,

he laughs in thunder,

let’s ride, he says,

long brown curls

fall down on his shoulders,

let’s ride on dark red horses, love,

let’s lie, he says, on a bed of peace roses,

live like assassins and die, he says,

like bible pages, side by side,

let’s ride, he says,

he smells like the rain,

beautiful, thankless,

he tosses his head,

long brown curls

like snakes in a basket,

let’s ride, he says,

he laughs like a murder,

he smiles like a rape,

let’s ride on dark red horses, love,

he says,

on dark red horses, let’s ride.