Thursday, February 13, 2014

Cock Fight – v2

Sweat and avarice
Were pungent under
The cloud of dust
From the pit, the crowd

Arms beat in the air
Voices raised to cheer, to jeer,
And exhort the handlers
And their champion

The birds rose as one
And descended in a cloud
Of feathers, spikes, and bites
and the dust of the pit

The yellow of the breastplate
Soon stained crimson
With the mortal wounds
Of the loser before them.

Quiet did not come
For the barking the dogs
And their masters
around the pit


edited February 13, 2014
Cock Fight – v2
June 2004
Cock Fight
(just seeing if I could write it)

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