It’s over.
What could have been wasn’t.
Muscles and glitz
Gave ‘em all fits
Right up to the very last stride—
But what a ride!
You carved your name
In the sand
And in the hearts of all
In the land
You had dazzle and brass
You were first class
And you carried your colors
With pride.
Did that move
To the outside cost
You the prize?
A choice that no one
Will know.
Will you be content
To give advice and
Consent
To those fillies with
Great big brown eyes?
oh he may as well take the bow before the applause goes dim and those fillies move on to greener pastures. Oh yes, he could have had it all and all without stain had not fate intervened to crown it all. Excellent piece, Edward...bravo my friend
For a commoner, California Chrome was first class, and not a dumb ass. I found out of late that there were shirkers at the gate. Only three horses ran for the full Triple Crown. How can they say that each race is true, when fresh horses that have not run can be entered, too. I smell a rotten horse apple in the apple barrel! Oh,, where Secretariat when we need you?
"HOMEGROWN: The Making of the 1972-73 Providence College Friars" is a retrospective of that remarkable season as well as a history of the school's basketball program, which was responsible for drawing the local talent that propelled that team to succ
This book tells the story of the 1999 Providence College Friars baseball team, the last season that the sport was played at the institution. Baseball was set to be eliminated after that season in order for the school to comply with Title IX regulatio
"HOMEGROWN: The Making of the 1972-73 Providence College Friars" is a retrospective of that remarkable season as well as a history of the school's basketball program, which was responsible for drawing the local talent that propelled that team to succ
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...sho'nuff...win vs whine...whinny...
Michael D.
Your poem said it well... a good up-to-date, enjoyable poem!
Connie
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