Smithied from arteries of earth,
hammered and creased
into muscles of ore,
it gallops with strides of thunder,
drafts into the battering wind
furrows of black loam.
Metallic rider emblazoned
on the bay of earth
lowers his lance to charge.
Percheron
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Clarence Wolfshohl
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