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Poems - Ruth Thompson | Ruth Thompson Poetry

Bless You, Father Walt

Byrtrt May 31, 2014September 23, 2020

Bless You, Father Walt for lying stripped and singingin the floes and fallows of your own body.For granting us land-rights to your shaggy unkempt tonguewhere through long syllables of scarlet leaveswe ride shanks-mare, drunk on the public road again. Oh, bless me, Father Walt!Lend me your large boots to caper and hoot at dusk,make me…

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