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The Last Frontier

by Nancy Ames

Way out west
lonely old cowboys
lie in bed
and shoot flies
off the ceiling,
then they feel
sorry for themselves
when it rains.

03/26/2008

Posted on 03/27/2008
Copyright © 2026 Nancy Ames

Member Comments on this Poem
Posted by Gabriel Ricard on 03/27/08 at 01:33 AM

I love that. Great line, great image.

Posted by Mary Frances Spencer on 03/27/08 at 01:48 AM

Heehaw! MFS

Posted by George Hoerner on 03/27/08 at 02:27 AM

Great write! Right it's not the rain, it's the melting snow on the roof. Once the snow is gone we'll worry about the rain. Maybe!

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