stock     strain     family     line


breed     blood     skin     shape


of the head     of the pack


animal     human     judge



better     fitter     swiftly


to find     foot     horse     car     run


for your life     around


town     the block     the camp


 

to the top     the finish     contend


compete     in     for     against


the other     the not so


great     not even in the

Copyright © 2016 by Martha Collins. From Admit One: An American Scrapbook (University of Pittsburgh Press, 2016). Reprinted from Split This Rock’s The Quarry: A Social Justice Poetry Database.