[thanks to my two subscribers, will and julian] [dedication unrelated]
secretariat - “the horse God made”
after ada limon
twitter user @rodger wrote
how is it possible that every track/swimming record
has been broken repeatedly over the decades but you
look up “fastest kentucky derby ever” and even though they
can breed/train horses however they want, all the records are
held by one horse from 1973
that’s us, we’re him
sinewy, sprinting and blithe
long-legged and big-headed
absurd to bet against
an extraordinary flash in the pan
shot straight from a gun-pop
gorgeous! astonishing!
sublime!
the greatest racehorse dead or alive
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