I tried to come up with something, not exactly a metaphor, along the lines that if you beat a dead horse long enough you’ll get horse burgers, and a nice horse skin coat. Then it just seemed disgusting. Keep writing, and rewriting, and rewriting.
~ Juliette aka Vampire Maman
Vampire Maman 
Thought about this for a while, and….., it seems to me that, if you beat a dead horse long enough, what you get is……., a dead horse !!!!! 🙂