Sunday, May 19, 2019

Show Me the Place, 49


“Show me the place.”
Duke Senior in As You Like It (2.1)

49: Palo Duro Canyon; near Amarillo, Texas; 1952–53

We lived in Texas for a while—
When I was only eight years old.
I liked the weather (not too cold)—
And kind of liked the Texas-style.

The canyon lay not far away—
We sometimes went to drive around—
And, oh, the shapes of rock and ground!
A cowboy kid, I loved to play

In places that so much looked like
The cowboy shows then on TV—
They really animated me—
My “horse,” of course, was just my bike!



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