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Ghost Town & Buffalo

Gigi Croy Bostic 1962 (VIrginia)

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One lone beast amongst the prairie.
Both relics and sentinels of long ago standing in silent companionship.  
Living and dying, one with sinew and great bone, another asbestos square.

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Reminisce about travels long and near ago. I traveled during Covid, in and out of my Honda Element and the Great Plains revealed one lone American Buffalo against an aging, abandoned shack.

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Written on March 27, 2021

Submitted by GigiCroyBostic on September 06, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme ABC
Closest metre Iambic octameter
Characters 183
Words 31
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 3
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I have been creating in words and visuals from an early age. To create is to live and to not, is to die a little each day. more…

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