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AUGUST

Days shorter,
alfalfa in the barn,
babies waiting to be born

as the full moon wanes
within the jagged edges
of this canyon

that has not changed
but for the names
of people grazing cattle

since the women left
their gossip rocks
to the leaves and rain.

Posted by John Dofflemyer on August 12, 2006 7:32 AM |

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