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The Kentucky Derby Winner
A Derby Day poem
May 2, 2020
~after William Carlos Williams
The horse’s flanks
shine wet
slick with sweat
ribbed breath
muscular
neck wreathed
with red roses
dying.
Written by Jay Sizemore
Provocative truth teller, author of APNEA & Ignore the Dead. Cat dad. Dog dad. Husband. Currently working from Portland, Oregon. Learn more at: Jaysizemore.com.