Around the screen the community gathers,
Kauto Star goes head-to-head with Denman
at Cheltenham (closest since Arkle beat
Mill House in 1964) , a man with no teeth
asks a younger woman who she's backed -
she says A Fistful of Dollars (each way).
He replies : "a fistful of bollocks" & laughs.

Hip-to-hock Denman's The Tank & does the job.

Fuckin told ya John, fuckin told ya

Behind the screen a black & white photograph
of soldiers smiling in a shelled-out building:
BOMBING OF DAGENHAM CIVIC CENTRE.

A small man approaches the bar in a helmet,
the barman asks why he's got it on -

I'm looking for someone

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