QUOTE:
He repeatedly tries to touch the mustang,
captured three days ago, but it recoils violently,
slamming its rear hooves
into a wooden backstop with thunderous force.
It grunts and snorts,
and like a medieval dragon
expels foggy plumes from its nostrils,
its hot breath condensing in the crisp morning air.
Other times it surges forward and bluff-charges,
or gallops in furious circles.
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