Chanson in two couplets and a refrain

Two couplets and a refrain
            a carousel
                of non-stop passing
at each turn one more door closes for us
with a rusty whinny
legless horses tear into the prairie –
racing
two couplets and a refrain
            eyes gaping
two couplets and a refrain
    catching up from hind to front           
reach out to me
            throw me the lasso of a glance
who made us so hopelessly distant                 
who conceived us such irreparable losers           
on this overplayed record
            – two couplets and a refrain –
    where even love leaves only scratches

CHANSON IN TWO COUPLETS AND REFRAIN