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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE COWBOY, by ETHEL ROMIG FULLER Poet's Biography
First Line: People, like cattle
Last Line: To his corral.
Subject(s): Cowboys; Death; Dead, The
First Line: People, like cattle
Last Line: To his corral.
Subject(s): Cowboys; Death; Dead, The
People, like cattle,
Are roped and thrown
And branded by Death
For his very own.
The white-hot iron
Of Heaven pressed
To quivering thigh
And naked breast.
And are then turned loose
To graze at will
From life's arroyo
And arid hill.
For Death well knows
That each shall
Come at last
To his corral.
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