Over a Barrel
During the rodeo clown shortage
nobody thought that the rodeo mimes would cut it
but the mimes surprised everyone
distracting the bulls
by silently evoking the dignity
of the bull’s refusal
through refusing to take
refuge from the bulls
under a barrel
Other works by Chris Gaither...
“We shall go on to the end. We shall fight... whatever the cost may be. We shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and the streets, we shall fight in the hills; we shall never surrender.”
Facing a fate worse than death– Immortality with neither body nor… Because Nothing ventured, nothing lost– Life is worth dying for
