The Writers' Block
Blue Ribbons for All
J. L. Rossi
Issue date: 3/5/10 Section: Entertainment
We are setting off,
each riding a prize winner,
but neither of us
will make it to the finish.
We will lurch after,
with foaming mouths
and whipping hands,
this thing we call recovery.
The rules are simple.
We will dress nicer, and date
better looking people than
ourselves, spend too much
money on dinner and
whichever of us laughs
loudest in a group
of strangers, while
the other passes
by the finish line
wins
each riding a prize winner,
but neither of us
will make it to the finish.
We will lurch after,
with foaming mouths
and whipping hands,
this thing we call recovery.
The rules are simple.
We will dress nicer, and date
better looking people than
ourselves, spend too much
money on dinner and
whichever of us laughs
loudest in a group
of strangers, while
the other passes
by the finish line
wins
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