Political Theory

In a famous painting of a founding father

and the back end of a horse

it’s the horse butt that’s properly lit

groomed out        smooth       an immortal peach

Who can say what it means about revolution

that the horse’s tail emerges as though it had no bones in it

no chunky mechanics of the living

And the horse is not well muscled

but has been living in the rich grass

swollen like a birthday balloon