I like animals as much as the next guy. I cried when my dog had to be put down because of extensive cancer and I have had any number of hamsters and turtles as pets since I was just a kid. One of my new favorite hobbies is bird-watching and I am a passionate advocate for environmental protection and habitat preservation.

Some people, however, have just taken this kind of thing to a bat-shit crazy level. I would like to introduce you to Dee Mirch, a horse-lover who has eulogized both Barbaro and Eight Belles in the poem posted below and found in it’s original form on this webpage:

“Music In Rainbows”

From God’s Loving Heart
The Most Beautiful Rainbow Barbaro
His Wings Of Love
Eight Belles Glowing Angel
The Heart Of The Rainbow
Barbaro’s So, So So Beautiful Angels Here
Musical Notes In The Sky
In Halos
Churchill Sounds Singing
Barbaro’s Halo Is Glowing So, So Beautifully So
All The Colors Of The Rainbow
The Circle Of Love
In Hearts
In Roses
In Halos
The Circle Of Angels
Angel Mothers
Caring Hearts
Reaching Another
Inspiring
The Rainbow Of Music
So, So Beautiful Songs
The Words That Mean A Lot
Joy………

8…….Halos……Two Hearts……Connected In
Love……Divine Love…….

Affirmed Rainbows……..
Sacred Prayers……..

Affirmed Prayers…….
God And The Angels Are With You…….
Jesus……

Barbaro’s Angels
His Rainbow Of Love…….

Affirmed

Posted by: Dee Mirich at May 10, 2008 7:37 PM

If this is what happens when two race horses she doesn’t know have to be put down, what’s going to happen when one of her 287 cats develops a mean case of the measles? The mind reels.