Passion or prayer by Dean Thorpe

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Passion or prayer by Dean Thorpe

No amount of passion or prayer,
Can push the prancing horse to the finish line.

No amount of wishing or hoping,
Will help him win the race in time.

That will never stop us trying,
Win or lose, just give us a sign.

Bookmakers are the only winners,
They take our money, yours and mine.

A Facebook friend of mine (Michelle Garnett) posted a message asking us to complete the sentence:

"No amount of passion or prayer can push the prancing horse to the...."

I got a bit carried away and turned it into a poem instead. No idea how it should have ended, but she later said that she heard that bit of it on the Formula 1 commentary, so the prancing horse was a Ferrari, not an actual horse. Funny that I should do it about horse racing when that does not interest me at all, but Ferrari cars do!!!

My idea of gambling is putting a pound on the Grand National once every few years. Its nice to dream about big wins, but I am smart enough to realise that they only person who really stands a good chance of winning big is the bookmaker!

 

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