Landscapes of Living
A farmer late one night
standing alone in his field,
seeing a satellite cross through the dark...
finally realizes his fate is sealed -
A miner 30 years
in the dungeon of his work,
goes to the doctor one day
only to discover how bad that old mine really does hurt -
Time steals a baby
and shortly returns an old man,
gone just long enough to build a casket...
with and for his own two hands -
An ancient riverboat captian speaking to an old brake man
as they rode upon a Greyhound bus,
was overheard sadly saying:
what in the awful world has become of us? -
A fly from Mexico
was found recently in the Yukon;
nothing certain is known of the goose
that it rode in on -
That tired old bird
took a rest upon a southbound train,
the annual migration of life's routine...
started to feel like too much pain -
Hippies hitchin' rides
on the passing trains,
sit in boxcars smoking, making up songs
about who there is to blame -
Take in gulps
of fresh clean air,
take in everything you can...
while your mind is still fully aware -
Far too many hearts bruised
are tossed out like the trash,
while millions hungering for love
await unarriving transplants -
From the top of a hill
several miles away,
can be heard the sweet sensations of a perfect song...
in the words a train whistle is desperately trying to say -
Throughout the night
pillows are sprinkled with dreams,
that in the morning float tenderly out the window...
running on ahead glistening upon the sun's bright beams -
The weeping willow wears her leaves
like the scarve of a mysterious woman prone to wander,
only her sensuous eyes
are we the simple-minded allowed to ponder -
Today a ruby red rose
tomorrow pedals fallen,
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poem by Smoky Hoss
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