There exists an official song in the Springsteen canon that is simultaneously about:
a.) horses,
and also
b.) one of Bruce Springsteen's three children
And yet, the child in question is Evan - NOT Jessica, the most horse-adjacent of the three!!
What gives? What could account for this?
Do you suppose that Jessica heard "Pony Boy" as a small child, got jealous that Evan got such a song and she didn't, and, wishing to outdo him on the equine front, devoted her life (up to this point) to ensuring she'd eternally usurp and outshine him as the Springsteen kid most widely associated with horses -- a title that, previously, he would have held?
Or do you suppose Bruce just tried really hard to shill for horses to his kids, trying hard to indoctrinate them all into having horse-related interests, starting with Evan, and that only Jessica took the bait?
These are, I think, the only two options.
What do you think?
