Calder Was a Racecourse

then a casino though never

a racehorse, a philosopher be,

it was Churchill Downs who ended the race

fifty years and then nothing, spin the wheel,

you could go to Pompano to watch

the harness racing, only it is gone, too

some say its better for the horses some say it aint.

Just a two-dollar bet don’t make me a saint.

Calder, oh Calder, I remember when

and Hialeah and so much more

and there isn’t even a Neil to make jokes no more.

He went to heaven or wherever atheist Jews

are supposed to go.

So, say on what you will,

was it Calder who cost me all of this,

and what of the flamingos, anyway?