"Two-Legged Horse":An Allegory of the Dominant and the Submissive

...On rare occasions, Giah resists the subjugation, as when he and his master argue about a beggar girl whom they both have fallen in love with. But he keeps returning to the barbaric castigation he suffers, unable to even think about a world of his own. Every morning, he comes out of his smoldering dwelling, an abandoned sewer pipe, turning more and more into a loyal and obedient horse. He is even rented out by his master, bridled and saddled like a packhorse...

Rima Mathew

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