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The end is neigh

Updated: May 16

The end is neigh


Four horseman plot the downfall of the human race.

Mother natures animals will put them in their place

Canines will it be the dogs, they are mans best friend

Or will Earth become planet of the apes simian ascends


Blowing their own trumpet they miss the stalking horse

Conversation over herd, war suggested a horse for a course

Pestelence drooled at the thought of a horse meal

Even famine could eat a horse but what was the deal


Famines dark horse appalled by conversation

Proposed to red warhorse they start a horse nation

The riders can’t hold their horses and a stampede resulted

Too late to shut barn doors riders trapped as equine bolted


War rages he will put them to the sword, end this horse play

Death says he will wait there using his scythe to make hay

Refuses to flog a dead horse in a four horse race

Pestilence can’t get back in the saddle hasn’t got the pace


Agents of chaos, but horseless cowboys too

Try to recapture their steeds with looping lasso

Riders distracted by gif horse in mouth revelations

Horses escape mount misdirection by animation


The horses run rings around them as they jockey for position

They have a mare, conflict show jumps their ambitions

Sitting on the fence famine seeks to find the balance

Lacking horse sense undermines their alliance


Have no fear of the apocalypse herald

Its riders of chaos will not destroy the world

Join with Mother Natures heroes brave and true

I hope and pray, may the horse be with you




2 Comments


Very clever, the humour cantrasting with the topic. I know there's a word for this but I can't think of it just now.

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A clever poem using all those horse related sayings and play on words with a great last line.

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