Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, ON THE TAOS ROAD, by MAY REES


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ON THE TAOS ROAD, by                    
First Line: Two freighters, bronzed and lank, bend lightly down
Last Line: Night's curtain half reveals a single star.
Subject(s): Conestoga Wagons; Travel; Prairie Schooners; Journeys; Trips


Two freighters, bronzed and lank, bend lightly down
And blow their smouldering camp-fire into flame,
Unpack their kit and cook an evening meal.
One shifts a smoking skillet on the coals
And deftly browns thick, sizzling bacon chunks.
The other stoops to wedge a thin, flat stone
Beneath a tipping, battered coffee-pot,
Then throws more yellow chips upon the fire,
Till eerie flames dance greeting to a gnome.
Night breezes bring me odors -- fragrant -- good!
With lips tight-pressed I breathe them deeply in.
Another hungry creature breathes them, too.
He pads from out the shadows, wagon-cast,
To plead his case before his peerless god:
He wrinkles up his nose inquiringly,
Lifts one brown paw in eloquent appeal --
Returns to friendly shadow satisfied.
Red embers die. Gray twilight settles down
And snugly blankets wagon, freighters, dog.
Night's curtain half reveals a single star.





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