Oct 15th 2022 - A Day At The Races 01 - Take Charge Gwen

[skonen_blades]

There's an event called A Day at the Races where poets go to the horse races and they each pick a horse name at random from each of the seven races and then use that name as a prompt for a poem. At the end of the day, we read out the 'winning' poem from each race and then whatever other poems we think turned out pretty good. It's a fun day.

This is poem 01 from race 01 and my horse's name was Take Charge Gwen.

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Take Charge Gwen

Live Laugh Love
Eat Prey Predator
Fuck Marry Kill
Location, Location, Location
PBR
IPA
Take Charge Gwen

The car is a rental
We’re speeding towards two sunsets
With a trunk full of bad decisions
On four flat tires
The cliff is getting close
Take Charge Gwen

Gwen take the wheel
My own personal Gwen
Gwen is the way
The truth and the light
The power and the glory
Take Charge Gwen

We’re airborne and laughing
Gravity hugging us hard
The ground rushing up to kiss us passionately
Parachutes are still on the shopping list
It’s a cash-only world
My credit’s on fire
The drumroll is deafening
The cymbal crash is coming
Take Charge Gwen




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