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To: cowgirl-ona-1eyed-horse who wrote (7647)10/12/2000 4:14:24 PM
From: Voltaire  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 65232
 
Hey Nut,

now you're on to something, beats hell out of trying to predict this and that.

Now sit back and let's have a cup of coffee, after all we are only passing through.

V

Passin' Through

A hoot owl sends his unexpected call
through the rustling leaves of the cottonwood,
and a hundred unseen eyes study your silent
form beside the dying fire.

The hobbled horses grazing nearby
seem grateful for your company;
tho' it's doubtful they'll welcome
your attention in the morning.

Your drooping eyelids feel
the warmth of reflected heat
while you contemplate the vibrant pyrography
of a single glowing ember.

A gray beetle, called from his hidden cave
by the unfamiliar light,
wanders precariously close to a heated rock,
then bolts with jerking movements
to the coolness of spittle
near your outstretched foot.

Your back is cold.

You ponder the need of another
stick of deadfall on the fire
as you wrap yourself in your tarp,
and pillow your dull contented head
on your rolled up jacket,
while the haunting trickle of Cache Creek
flows into your unremembered dreams.
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