Written for:  The Sunday Whirl, Wordle #540

Words:  limit, spill, string, heartbeat, finish tick, lacy,
        gate, fairy, trails, sunset, stone


Jockeys pray for their horses
to go the limit, not take
a spill, aware that nothing
is set in stone when it comes
to horse racing.  Favorites
may not be winners.  Horses
are groomed and cared for 
as if they had a fairy 
god-mother laced to their
sides on an invisible string.

Tic-tock!  It's time.  Horses
are at the gate.  They're off!
Favorite stays out ahead. A
trailing Sunset, Number 7,
moves up, auburn coat gleaming.
They are neck in neck coming
around the stretch.  People
jump up, screaming for their
horse to win.  Then, in 
a heartbeat, the race is
finished.

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