On the other side
of Sunday school
and Old Testament tests,
we survived wilder times
with less rules. Today,
we take turns cutting calves
with meat on the fire.
At home in these board pens,
we can hear the old men
holler from Sulphur Ridge:
Dave, E.J., Earl and Homer,
chides, laughter and profanity
as we look back—
and up ahead we see
we’re somewhere in-between.
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