- Before the Light
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- Walking in the cold air that blew
against his face
- a cowboy slapped his rope against
his leg.
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- He made a loop just big
enough
- so it could find its place
-
- when he got to where he'd throw
it
- out across some open space.
-
- A nicker gave away his target in
the dark corral.
- He walked real slow and saw the
horse as just a trace.
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- In the predawn hour their breath
showed up
- as they came face to face.
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- The hoolihan sailed out to find
its mark with grace.
- Another day had come to hunt the
bovine, out some place.
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