Poems of Lighthouse Bob

In Americana #555



In Americana

Beside the Victorian
dressed in pearly white gables
reaches a herdsman's glove
worn, torn, and battered
by many years
discolored
by scorching sun
and thrashing rain
painted and repainted again
red
the barn
wherein milked cows
branded steers
and delivered foals in spring
lived
and galloped free-range
disregarded
for a time
and hung
the horse's tack
on loft posts and lofts
laden with hay
whereon many a weary cowboy
ate mutton on eggs and beans
with coffee
stout
and passed through chill of night
slightly slipping
awkwardly skewed from upright
doused
in Americana.




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In Americana #555

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