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The Cowboy

Your hair is the meadow grass Your eyes the big sky The lines carved on your face Speak the cruelty of the place You call home The saddle formed your stance Ropes, your calloused hands Your quiet confidence tells me Of months spent on the prairie All alone

Copyright © | Year Posted 2015




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Date: 9/3/2015 2:27:00 PM
Found this a crazily cute description, Mary!
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Mary Rotman
Date: 9/3/2015 3:37:00 PM
Thank you very much, Balveen!
Date: 8/11/2015 8:54:00 PM
Great use of metaphor in this, Mary! Great write! Love, Kim
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Mary Rotman
Date: 9/3/2015 3:38:00 PM
I forgot to thank you for your kind words, Kim.

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