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SEVENTEEN HUNGRY HORSES
1996 L. Fiorentino

Seventeen Hungry horses
Waited for me where
The sun broke into pieces
shadows on my stairs
So be careful when you come up
Be careful close your eyes
And listen to what my floor says
They’re dancing hard tonight
Seventeen hungry horses

Seventeen hungry horses
Stood at my canyon edge
And looked down into the reason why
They dared not leap the ledge
I don’t remember how I met them
And I don’t’ remember why
But someone had folded up all my sources
And tucked them 'neath the hooves
Of seventeen hungry horses
Young enough to ride,
A way to feel inside
Young enough to ride away
To feel inside

Seventeen hungry horses said they belonged to you
Seventeen hungry horses said they belonged to me
I had nothing to feed them
And I didn’t know what to do
So they broke my heart wide open
Just to see if it was true

Then they chased me round in circles
And I chased them into squares
They chased me into triangles
And I chased them back under the stairs
I wondered where they hid my breath
And how long theirs would last
I wondered if you knew they were here
These pieces of our past
And when I could run no longer
I turned and faced the beasts
And one by one I rode them home
And they cared not in the least
So go ahead and let them run free
Forget to feed and fence
Let them build their forces
Let them out side
I will challenge and ride
All your seventeen hungry horses

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from INTERVIEW WITH THE PLANET (The Match), released May 15, 1996

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