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SATANTA AND GOD

From
KANSAS COLLATERAL
by Roxie Powell, 1978


He comes over a hillrise
at a trot, his Pinto
reined tight.

He sits straight, yet
we know his age,
some cough and look at
the ground by their feet.

Someday this will all
be ours - he must know that.

Our dynasty is yet to come
his - past,
not glorious, just finished.

When I look up he stands
before me, mottled skin
small biceps of no force
a wicked man
falling to his end.

Praise be to God
from whom all blessings
flow.



© 1978 Roxie G. Powell; Page © 2013 George Laughead
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