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by MFC52 Author IconMail Icon
Rated: E · Poetry · Tragedy · #1467119
The shattered dream of the Kentucky Derby contender

    Standing
past the finish line
Gingerly holding up
his fractured hind leg
    Being comforted
by a jockey with tears in his eyes
    Watching
as the winner gallops by
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