At the Preakness

At the Preakness, horses race;
The crowd is quite excited.
After winners are declared,
Observers are invited

To witness a tradition
Which, since nineteen hundred nine
Has been special to all racing fans
And cool in its design.

See, atop the Members’ Clubhouse,
A historic weather vane
Of a horse and jockey waits there
For the colors it will claim.

Lawrence Jones, the current painter
(At his job since ‘88)
Climbs a ladder to the cupola
To bring things up to date.

He applies the owner’s colors,
Which the winning jockey’s worn,
On the weather vane to show the world
A champion’s been born.

So today, for Cloud Computing,
(That’s the winning horse’s name)
Red and white have just been painted,
Horse and owner’s claim to fame.