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THE LAST SALOON IN LUBBOCK, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Bulky in coats
Last Line: In stiff winds banging the roof.
Alternate Author Name(s): Mcdonald, Walt
Variant Title(s): Dawn Of The Bitter Blizzard
Subject(s): Bells; Birds; Buzzards; Ghosts; Snow; Supernatural; Winter


Bulky in coats,
we entered a world below zero
in flurries blinding us again.
Ghosts swerved on the snow

and sunlight slanted on diamonds.
Our boots crushed the stubble
of stiff alfalfa. Hard wind
ripped shingles loose, clatter of tin

on the pump house. Buzzards
perched on the power lines,
watching the dogs plow snow
with muzzles. After the last cows

staggered to the corral,
we dumped hay bales to save them,
trusting their bells to keep ringing
in stiff winds banging the roof.





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