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Rodeo

Originally appeared in The Experioddicist

In honor of my arabesque whining

The key is turned,

Launching thickets of ice-tears…

So sang the tonic

Your baroque uproar of shacks and cattle

Squalling and tinny out the end

Where I drive you dreaming

David Thomas Roberts (1991)

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