In the Nick of Time

The open West is an iron lung
  for the polio of my soul

Lifting me up and breathing in
  at once to make me whole

Wild and free, its air blows clean
  to minister my wounds

And nurse me back to perfect health
  —a second none to soon

(Durango Colorado: February, 2019)
Copyright © | Year Posted 2019

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