to the Kentucky Derby party.
all the women
are wearing
big flowery hats
and dresses revealing
bosoms that haven't
seen the light
of day
since last year's event.
and the men
are in seer sucker suits,
blue
and green,
yellow and white,
like bridesmaids
at a wedding.
a flask of Kentucky
whiskey
in hand.
most of these people
have never seen
a horse in person, let
alone
ride one down a path.
but they love the race,
the drinking,
the mint juleps
and cute
boy like jockeys.
the stories of the rich
daddies,
lathered in
money handed down
from one plantation
to the next.
they scream and yell,
for their
chosen horse,
after five hours of preliminary
gab,
and then
three minutes later,
it's over.
and that's that.
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