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Advance Horse Riding Instructor CourseMy father sent me this poem, saying that was written about me. Then I put it on my Facebook page and countless people said that it could have been written about them. Of course there are some variations (I know how to make sponge cake), but the addiction to horses seems to afflict so many people around the world. Does this poem describe you? How many of you friends could this poem be about? Why do I like horses? I reckon I must be mad. My mother wasn’t horsey And neither was my dad But this addiction hit me early And it hit me like a curse And I’ve never gotten better In fact I’ve gotten worse My stables are immaculate My house is like a hovel Last year for my birthday I got a brand new shovel I hardly read a paper But I know who’s sold their horse And I wouldn’t watch the news If Mr. Ed was on, of course One eye’s always on the heavens But the washing waves in vain As I rush to get the horses in In case it’s going to rain And though they’re wearing 15 rugs The best that you can get I bring them in to keep them dry While I get soaking wet I spend up every cent I’ve got On horsey stuff for sure I buy stable rugs and fancy rugs And then I buy some more I should have had my hair cut Or brought that nice blue shirt At least it wouldn’t be now Be ripped to shreds and in the dirt I can’t make pie or sponge cake I don’t even try But I can back a car and trailer In the twinkling of an eye Its jeans and R.M. boots That I live in night and day And that smell of sweaty horses Just doesn’t wash away Once in every, now and then I can dress up for a ball Make up and a hairdo With high heel shoes and all I ache from long forgotten falls My knees have got no skin My toes have gone a funny shape From being squashed again But last at night, when all is still And I’ve gone to give them hay I touch their velvet softness And my worries float away They give a gently nicker And they nuzzle through my hair And I know it’s where my heart is More than anywhere