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The Bull Run (Grazalema)
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Behind the metal
Barriers in the town square
The crowd assembles:
Old women with fans;
Men drinking Cruzcampo and
Children perched high up
On plant pot holders.
Then high above the plaza
A shot is fired
And the crowd presses
Forward: watching, waiting for
A sign; and soon from
Calle Las Piedras
The first men appear running
At full pelt, dodging
Into narrow side
Streets or swinging themselves up
Onto window bars.
And then finally
The bull appears on its long
Rope - taunted by the
Raucous trumpets and
The flicking matador capes;
Its massive haunches
Backed against the white
Walls; its dark eyes terrified
But still defiant. |
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