Here's this week's entry for One Single Impression’s prompt (“deserted”).
Off Course –
Haikus and Views on Racetrack News
for Eight Belles
Unbridleds' Song x Away
(2005 - 2008)
Running with the boys,
Lovely filly, second place,
Hopeful contender.
Finish-line gallop,
As grandstanders whoop and cheer.
Clutching ticket stubs.
Suddenly, she’s down.
Ambulances shield the view.
Filly euthanized.
Editorials:
Animal rights and sports fans,
Second-guessing now.
Did they do what’s right?
Would they have saved a stallion?
What about the mare?
The focus shifts now.
Deserting horses for ink?
What a tragedy.
Click here to read the whole story, "Eight Belles Collapses After Kentucky Derby Horse Race: Tragedy Strikes Second-Place Horse at Churchill Downs."
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