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Black Caviar
after Foal 9
didn’t even know
tomorrow would have been her birthday
and now it’s today
(Salieri’s birthday too
Salieri wasn’t so bad after all)
she’d just given birth
when she
didn’t know
laminitis they say
put her out of …
but waited till she’d foaled
… it’s business
didn’t even know the first of August thing
they put her down for mercy
out of misery
by pasture
in stable
you can lead a horse
you can sweep up her shit but
she was paraded for a winner
she was ‘a wonderful athlete’
with a cruel crop in your hand
with spurs
short on odds, a favourite
it was the same with Christmas, with New Year
Black Caviar never knew
she wasn’t nearly as black as caviar
and she wouldn’t have eaten that stuff
she was just about vegan
but accidental ants
Black Caviar was ‘undefeated’
‘had presence’, ‘gave pleasure’
could have been sashimi somewhere
she had a ‘breeding career’
she’s a statue now
she would have been eighteen
could have gone into a pub
or tied up at the trough at least
heard the ‘long face’ joke
had she anger at them?
‘never whipped,’ they say
who knows?
she was calendar oblivious
eight foals since
out to pasture
all out of and by
and by more than a head
a winner!
a kind of four legged ATM
almost eight million in ‘earnings’
her brood goes on
worth a fortune too
they’re all so sad who milked her
like she was family
they say
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