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Thread #89754 Message #2288211
Posted By: GUEST,WalkaboutsVerse
14-Mar-08 - 09:53 AM
Thread Name: Walkaboutsverse
Subject: RE: Walkaboutsverse
A response to the Cheltenham Festival...
Poem 146 of 230: HORSES FOR COURSES?
To some, in income-anticipation,
Horse-balking at gates is a small debase;
To me, it seems a memory/fear case
Over the coming whip-castigation.
To some, the winning jockey's elation
Is the highlight of an ended horserace;
To me, the horse's bulged veins and scared face
Undermine the winners' celebration.
I can't condone a punter's desire
To gamble rather than earn a living,
But can acknowledge a jockey's courage;
I can't see and think as a raced sire,
Nor feel the scrapes hedges are giving,
But find horses choiceless in their bondage.
From http://www.walkaboutsverse.741.com