Smoky Hoss Poems

I saw you last night.
It's been nearly three and a half years.
I was worried about you,
perhaps more for myself.
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When I was barely a teen
I heard a rock-n-roll singer sing,
Something about a sweet and fast little thing -
Said she was the finest thing he'd ever seen
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fly through the ceiling
play above the rooftop,
saddle a dove with horse feathers
that never drop -
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Like the earth,
we all carry a scent
deep within us,
awaiting release-
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Cats and dogs
Chickens and hogs
Lumps in the 'taters
And bumps on a log -
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- It was November,2020.
I was with my daughter
in southern Utah, deep canyon country,
seeking some temporary solace, far away
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If I saw a wood boat afloat
Upon the sea,
Would what I see possibly be
The wood I cut from a tree?
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Where has my little toy train
gone?
The one I got for Christmas long, long
ago.
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My mind is in the serried, towering clouds
On the long and distant horizon.
Big, beautiful, bouyant, and bright,
full of wild wonder;
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I stand alone,
feeling the pouring rain,
tilt my old hat
and lean on my crooked cane -
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