The Theory Behind the Statue of the Unclothed Horseman

With his toga thrown over one shoulder

because it was so hot out

which has led to various and sundry theories

of the naked centurions riding on horses in this manner

 

through some unimaginable desert on a long march

or even along the banks of the Seine, before there were quays,

or the Thames on some unimaginable muggy British summer day

(there really aren't that many.)

 

They would have been dripping with sweat,

but the artist working with a chisel on cold stone

couldn't quite capture the huge drops

dripping down over the shoulder of his horse.