An Image For The Moment

An Image For The Moment
An Image For The Moment - Kjosfossen - dedicated to Matt, a friend

Monday, 15 November 2010

Horse Play

"Horse Play" (or, "Released on Bale" or, again, "Graze Elegy")

Horse #1: 'Morning'

Horse #2: 'Morning'

Horse #1: 'Been doing much?'

Horse #2: 'Grazing'

Horse #1: 'Me too, grazing'

Horse #2: 'Humans came yesterday...'

Horse #1: (feigning interest) 'Oh yes?'

Horse #2: '.......put this coat on me'

Horse #1: 'Supposed to keep us warm'

Horse #2: 'I don't like the colour. It isn't really 'me''

Horse #2: 'They left hay too.....'

Horse #1: 'Makes a change from grass'

Horse #2: (miserably) 'It doesn't last very long'

Horse #1: 'Funny things, humans'

Horse #2: 'Yeah'

Horse #1: 'Sometimes......'

Horse #1: '........when I see them coming, I have a little canter around. It makes them smile'

Horse #1: 'Sometimes they take a photograph'

Horse #1: 'Frankly though I'd rather be over in that corner with Imelda'

Horse #1: 'Nuzzling.......'

Horse #2: 'I know......'

Horse #2: (wistfully) 'Can't say I blame you. You're lucky you saw her first'

Horse #1: (smiling) 'Yeah, you should come over, have a chat'

Horse #2: (after a pause) 'Oh, thanks......I will'

Horse #2: 'Ah well, back to the hay, (miserably again).........while it lasts'

Horse #1: 'Yeah'

(Both pause awkwardly)

Horse #2: 'What do you reckon for tomorrow then?'

Horse #2: (hopefully) 'More hay?'

Horse #1: 'Nah. Not for a while'

Horse #2: (sighing) 'More grazing then.......'

Horse #1: (walking slowly away) 'Yeah, more grazing'

(Both lower heads, backs to each other and ....... graze)

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