Death of Manolete

There Were Women Holding
Rosaries On the Day Manolette Died Teenage Girls in Soft 
White Dresses
Standing Silent Peace Respecting Groups of Boys Held in 
Their Hands
The Fragments of a Shattered Idol the Old Men With Their 
Traditions
Challenged Refrained From Tears Neck Neck Hook Poles of 
Wood The
Picadores Stood Eyes Ablaze to View Brutal Contest in the 
Vale Of
Years Courage Unfailing Agility Exhausted Youth Entered 
Challenge
Reached For Title Shelved Patrons in Attendance to Disarm a
 Common
Myth Homage Played to the Victor of Immortality Cloaked in 
Bold Tones
In the Stockyard the Beasts Did Climb Their Barriers Bid By
 a Frenzied
Ring Bred For One Purpose Only to Die in Man's Sport Dash 
Against His
Spindle An Instant Fell to Wounding On the Day Swords 
Penetrating On
The Day Torches Igniting On the Day Flower Wreaths 
Encircling the Day
On the Day.