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The Dry Monsoon

The Dry Monsoon 
David J Walker


All through the town 
	On abandoned streets
They shed the prairie gown 

And danced naked at sundown
Assured that rain defeats 

The drouth that choaks and heats
The day beyond belief

Both the Moon and the
	Monsoon are made of dust

In God We Trust we pray as
  		We must 
each day then 

kneel and greet
The Westward winds 	

Our hackles raised 
in the sleepy eyes

Of another summer sunrise 
There is no surprise in

The country we call West Texas
Copyright © | Year Posted 2021

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