Best Tucson Poems

She says she feels the safest standing in the pouring rain
But it could rain for forty years and never wash away the pain
The bitter taste of grief will always be hers to swallow
Since she lost her heart's desire to that blessed curse called Rodeo

"Just one...

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Today I rode into Tucson
Determined to buy a new futon
A squirt in a skirt
Got down in the dirt
And flashed me a discount coupon...

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Tucson in October
Is called the shoulder season
It could be hot - maybe cool
But nothing out of reason

Every morning the sun will shine
Of this there is no doubt
It’s expected it to be that way –
“day in” and “day out”

If a dark and rainy day
Should somehow come...

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Walkin' back from Tucson
Just a lonely little blue son,
Castrol oil across my face.
Needin’ feminine touch
So bad I can taste.
Though the good Lord
Knows the final law.
And to Him I’m just coleslaw.
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She walks through the desert with her heart in her smile and hate on her sleeve. Cactus blossom with her tears then wither quickly as he leaves briskly to go find her new risky sanctuary. Eyes that have seen pain, only the grains of time...

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broke down in Tucson
flat-busted, him punchin' cows
and her slingin' hash...

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