MEMORIAL DAY

[RUFFIAN]

AWAKENED IN THE MIDDLE OF NIGHT
WITH THIS POEM IN MY MIND
THIS IS SO SURREAL TO ME
AND IT IS THE SECOND TIME

ITS ONE THING TO HAVE A DREAM
BUT TO DREAM + REMEMBER TOO
ENUFF TO WRITE AND SHARE IT
BUT ITS WHAT I HAVE TO DO
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==== MEMORIAL DAY ====

MEMORIAL DAY IS FOR MEMORIES
TO HONOR THOSE WHO DIED
BUT LET'S NOT FORGET THE HORSES
THE ONES FOR WHOM WE CRIED

AND THO OUR BELOVED HORSES
DID NOT ACTUALLY GO TO WAR
THEY TRAINED, THEY RAN, THEY BATTLED
THEN DIED JUST TRYING HARD TO SCORE

RUFFIAN / GO FOR WAND / IZVESTIA
BARBARO / 8 BELLES AND MORE
YET IT ALSO MAKES ME WONDER
EXACTLY WHAT THEY'RE DYING FOR

(C) LADY CAT
BOULDER, CO
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