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Taking Down the Sculptor’s Horse
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49 Taking Down the Sculptor’s Horse for Wendy Klemperer With a blowtorch she burned off the tail and then the ears and forelock to weld them later after transport We foundered with the chain-fall until she got a purchase on the coiled rebar at the withers Leslie swore the metal horse breathed before the winch reaved it into the air where it swayed in a tangent, equine counterpoise Then hands at the mane, haunch, pastern, and throatlatch lowered and strapped the steel creature down with ratchet and cam buckle beside the portable generator 50 into the flatbed as into the excavator’s hollow or a stall of chiseled wood shavings for the horn of the hoof ...