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Thompson, Don / Where we live: poetry
(2009)

Beyond granite station,   p. 51


Page 51

Beyond Granite Station
Hiking alone in early spring,
thirty years ago,
I came upon a bull
an old, half-rusted Hereford.
His hard look put lead in my feet.
I stood still, aging
until I was older than I am now.
Then he looked away....
And fear turned to love
as I watched him
chew sweet grass to a paste
and gulp it down. Life is good.


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