"Saratoga"

[AuntShecky]

Saratoga

"Be bold, be bold. . .be not too bold."
-- The Faerie Queene, Book III


Will to Win
to win
in the first;
Dunkirk for
the second
half of the double.

The ovals cut
into the ground,
the soothing green
and flowers groomed.
(God made the sky.)

Hope, hope, hope.

Intrigued by Quinella
and the look
of the guy
lurking by
the window

intermittent minutes
of expectation soaring,
the flailing arms,
the shaking fists,
the human roar --

Need, need, need

And blissful are these,
sweating, their faces
still sweet,
the legs fragile and spare,
the dirt flying
up from all four
feet in the air,
of exploitation
seeming not to care
or know about
the ripped-up tickets
of dreams --

Bleed, bleed, bleed.

[ampoule]

Wow! Does this move! How spirited. I hope that's how I should feel it.

[AuntShecky]

Thanks for the feedback.
Auntie